Ravensbourne Graphic Design x Met Office Collaboration

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[ ID ] 9cce4377-df6e-4879-8f79-b91b3f8f8618

[ Submitter's Name ] Ruth Nicholls [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Ravensbourne [ Submitter's Twitter ] @ruthnicholls

[ Space ] cities [ Secondary Space ] science

[ Format ] demo

Description

This session will share the story, and exhibit the output, of a collaboration between the Ravensbourne Graphic Design BA course and the Met Office. Students will discuss the different methods of weather data visualisation, particularly with regards to catering to specific-interest groups. They will draw on their own experiences of a collaborative project run with the Met Office, showcase their own visualisations (both online and offline) and talk about their development. It is hoped that this will provide a framework for discussion about data visualisation in a broader sense, drawing on the perspectives of both scientists and designers. Session participants will hopefully also be inspired by the collaboration between students and industry, potentially leading to further partnership opportunities within the design and scientific communities. Finally the students who won the weather data project will also exhibit a special Moz Fest edition of 'Hack Circus' they co-created with the Met Office.

Agenda

First year graphic design students from Ravensbourne spent their last term of 2015/2016 working on creative weather data visualisations catering to a specifically identified need/audience. Their work was then shared with the Met Office design team who evaluated each piece and provided their expert industry feedback to the students. Of the work shown to them they then selected three favourite pieces. As a reward the three winning students have been invited to spend a week of their summer vacation on a placement at the Met Office in Exeter working alongside the design team on a special Moz Fest edition of graphical science magazine 'Hack Circus'. The students will be not only leading on the graphics, but also contributing relevant content, drawing on their design backgrounds. They would then present this body of work, and their original visualisations, alongside the Met Office team in a session and exhibition at Moz Fest.

Participants

The session will be a show and tell followed by open discussion so the format wouldn't be affected by varying numbers.

Outcome

The students will gain a valuable experience from presenting their work, and it is hoped that they inspire further collaborations between industry and students and the creative and scientific communities after Moz Fest. The special edition of Hack Circus they have worked on will also be a great souvenir for session visitors and also reach a wider audience beyond the festival - hopefully encouraging attendance next year.

[thornet]

tentative fit for the garden zone

[cubicgarden]

I have accepted this one after speaking to Ruth. It will be a exhibit and then a 30min feedback session