ifv-LookingOutwards-07

Screenshots from Santiago Ortiz’s Personal Knowledge Database

Visualizes all of Ortiz’s internet references that he collected for over 10 years. The number of data points is over 700. There are paths between data that darken when your cursor hovers over them. I liked the is project because I have felt the urge to make an archive for all my digital references/inspirations but was intimidated why the scale of the task. This project was able to take a large amount of data and compress it in a way that made it easier to understand through the various categorizations and interactivity. Since sections of the circle are divided by category Ortiz had to assign each data point a certain value in all those categories so it could be accurately plotted on the shape. Ortiz’s artistic sensibilities showed through in the design created by the paths, especially how they change the image when interacted with.