Looking outwards – 07 – JamesKatungyi

Artist: Moebio Labs

Title: Ross Spiral Curriculum

Year: 2015

Santiago Ortiz’s Moebio Labs developed an interactive data visualization tool for the Ross Institute Curriculum. The tool is a spiral that connects nodes at each stage of the curriculum. Each node contains information about a particular unit in each grade. Further, the units are interconnected across the grades. When one node is selected, it shows the details while the user is flown up and down the spiral to all other related units in the entire curriculum. All 12 grades are creatively captured in one form. I thought the search function would be important to such a tool but could not identify it.

The algorithms are not given – understandably – since it is a commercial venture. The spiral and accompanying ‘spiralets’ are a function of curve equations. I could not figure out how the 3 dimensional interaction works. I imagine that the graphic forms contain links to both the text and the other graphic forms.

The Ross Spiral Curriculum showcases Santiago Ortiz’s work in representing information across time creatively and interactively. Other projects in the works include a presentation of major historical events recorded by Wikipedia.