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Physical Metadata Visualisation: The Knitted Personal Library

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Nicholas Vanderschantz,

Sally Jo CunninghamAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '22: Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Article No.: 78, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/3490149.3505582

Published: 13 February 2022 Publication History

Abstract

Personal collections, be they books, music, or artefacts have significance to the owner, and provide conversation and engagement with visitors. For example visitors of physical libraries may browse the spines, select a book, and begin a conversation. When the collection is digital it cannot be engaged with in the same manner and it becomes more difficult to share and explore with others. Physical data visualisation is becoming more popular, supported by new technologies, such as 3D printing, and the resurgence of crafting. This paper reports our investigation of digital library and eBook metadata visualisation using knitting. We report on our design considerations, a digital prototype to explore knitted library shawls, and a knitted prototype for a personal digital library.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3643834.3660736
Jones LGrip GKourtoukov BGuljajeva VCanet Sola MNabil SCiolfi LHogan TDöring TJenkins Tvan Dijk JHuron SLi ZCoyle DSigner B(2024)Knitting Interactive Spaces: Fabricating Data Physicalizations of Local Community Visitors with Circular Knitting MachinesProceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3623509.3633359(1-14)Online publication date: 11-Feb-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3623509.3633359
Barbosa CSousa TMonteiro WAraújo TMeiguins B(2023)Enhancing Color Scales for Active Data PhysicalizationsApplied Sciences10.3390/app1401016614:1(166)Online publication date: 24-Dec-2023
https://doi.org/10.3390/app14010166
Jones LGrip GNabil S(2023)Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Using Digital Knitting Machines to Craft Wearable Biodata PortraitsProceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3563657.3596007(547-563)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
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