Lauren Park-Looking Outwards-03

This project takes 2D data or digital information and converts it into 3D models and physical forms using 3D printing. I really admire this project and the way creative material is made using color and shape to represent data. This is because of how important it is to not only be able to analyze information and graphs or maps by looking at screens, but have an easier understanding of what this image would look like when it is visualized in real life, or off-screen. Multi-material 3D printing is mainly used to to transfer and convert various kinds of data, such as medical information like an MRI, visualized on the screen to physical objects. The artists satisfy the need and curiosity of how people can benefit from using tangible data the just digitally. All such complex information can be combined or put together to create a more sensible image for the brain to understand.

https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/making-data-matter/overview/

Project: Making Data Matter: Voxel-printing for the digital fabrication of data across scales and domains

Artist: The Mediated Matter Group