Looking Outward – 07

Project Ukko visualizes and helps predict future wind patterns which can be helpful in clean energy endeavors in the wind farm industry. Moritz Stefaner, a designer and researcher who focuses on data visualization, encoded prediction skills into visuals in Project Ukko to make this data accessible to others. Opacity represents precision accuracy, wind strength connects to line thickness, and trends of wind speed change with line tilt and color. The color, visual language, and design is really well done and very user-centered, making it easy for anyone to begin understanding and deciphering patterns. I appreciate that this gives experts a practical tool, along with sharing new techniques into how to share data. This browser allows people to interact and find out how the wind will change over the next few months. I really admire this project because it makes information more accessible to people, along with considering how code can be used in the fight against climate change.

Title: Project Ukko
Artist: Moritz Stefaner
Link: https://www.project-ukko.net
https://truth-and-beauty.net/projects/ukko