Natalia Kiseleva
Data Art
This direction in data visualization is at the intersection with art. These projects are more about being beautiful than being understandable - their goal is not to convey information as clearly and quickly as possible, but rather to weave data into some creative expression.
Projects
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Travel on the WindIn this material data art, 3D-printed and assembled from beads, my travels over 10 years are represented. Large rings symbolize long journeys, while small ones represent short trips. It also indicates where I traveled, with whom, and by what means. The entire structure sways gently and even glows a little at night.Check! -
Climate bracelet!I used the Warming Stripes diagram principle to encode data on global warming in my homeland - in the Arkhangelsk region.Check!
This data art is tangible - I wove it from beads!
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Data-portraits of the D&D CommunityHere are the data portraits of our local Dungeons & Dragons community. Player preferences and their experience are encoded here. 2024Check! -
Diary of EmotionsThe Emotion Diary is a project that combines data from two diaries - the Sketch Calendar and the Emotion Diary - for one month. I decided to overlay these two projects on each other - in one part encoding emotions with color, and in the other leaving sketches.Read!
This way, even on the hardest day, there was something amusing.
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"Flowers and Numbers" Data Art CommunityIn 2024, I founded the data art community "Flowers and Numbers" - and based on the dataset from the group members, we visualized the community portrait using various methods. You can learn more about the community at the link below.Read!
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Data badges 'Moms, Folder, and Kids StuffCreated data portraits of moms from the local parenting community based on Kimley Scott's project.Check!
2024
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The Data Ink projectMy new small challenge project.Check!
As part of my practice, I decided to draw small graphic data-arts by hand on personal data.
I draw with a black fountain pen in a cute notebook. -
My travelsIn this project, I gathered my travels over many years. This project, resembling the music of the winds, is done on paper, but in the process, it's a tangible version.Read!
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Data-art: Mortality caused by road traffic injuryThe theme of this data art is Mortality caused by road traffic injury. In the form of an ornate plant motif, data on deaths from road accidents in different European countries are encrypted, and other features of these countries are also hidden there. Details about the project can be found at the link!Read!
2022
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Data-art "Family tree. The Mezen folk painting"The theme of this data art is my small family tree. Patterns and symbols were taken from the Northern folk painting - Mezen. Each element in this work represents one of the closest family members. For more information about the decryption and description of the work, follow the link!Read!
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FriendsIn this project, I gathered all my friends throughout my life up to 2020 and depicted them in these curls, trying to enrich the images with data about shared interests, frequency of communication, etc.Check!
One of my first data arts.
2020
I love data art, I study this direction, collect a collection of world projects, and classify them. I host live streams on the topic of data art, where we analyze various interesting directions of data art with guests.
I teach courses on data art, have a Telegram channel on Data Art, and a data art practice group called 'Flowers and Figures'.
Drop by sometime!
If you want to learn more about this direction, check out my articles and videos on data art:
I teach courses on data art, have a Telegram channel on Data Art, and a data art practice group called 'Flowers and Figures'.
Drop by sometime!
If you want to learn more about this direction, check out my articles and videos on data art:
My Articles
I write and illustrate articles on the topic of data visualization—about my projects, the life of the Russian data viz community, as well as in collaboration with international data viz communities: Data Visualization Society and Make Your Data Speak.
- POMPEII: Unveiling Data Visualization Mastery - my Interview with the Wonderful Data Artist Mohamad Waked as part of the activities of the Make Your Data Speak community.
- The New Designer. Can designers change the world? - my interview with the author of data visualization books and books on design ethics, Manuel Lima, as part of the activities of the Make Your Data Speak community.
- Diagrams - the article is dedicated to my project "Diagram-comics" - about the personification of various types of diagrams. You can view the project itself here.
- How are dataviz projects evaluated? - the article summarizes the Make Your Data Speak Award 2023, an international data visualization award, where I was one of the organizers. The article focuses on how judges evaluate data visualization projects and what aspects they pay attention to.
- How an engineer-analyst from St. Petersburg tested data visualization services by drawing comics (RUS) - the folks from Yandex interviewed me about my project "Diagrammki" and my journey in data visualization.
- Visualizing Coffee, Milk, and Sugar! (RUS) - article about a small spontaneous challenge in the Russian data visualization community, focusing on visualizing the consumption of coffee, milk, and sugar.
- Making a Data-Driven, Mezen Style Family Tree - the article in the international data visualization journal Nightingale is dedicated to my data art "Family tree. The Mezen folk painting".
- Barriers To A Thriving Data Visualization Culture - the article by David Mora, for which I created illustrations as part of a collaboration with the Data Visualization Society.
- How To Create A Thriving Data Visualization Culture - the article by David Mora, for which I created illustrations as part of a collaboration with the Data Visualization Society.
Lectures and Workshops
I teach data visualization, dashboard design, data art, and working with data visualization tools (BI products) Power BI, and Tableau. I give lectures and conduct workshops.
I collaborate as a lecturer and trainer with:
- A. Kolokolov Institute of Business Analytics (2019-...).
- Data Visualization Society (2022-2023).
- MSU Moscow State University (2022).
- HSE Higher School of Economics (2022).
- MGPU Moscow City Teacher Training University (2022).
- EU SPb European University at Saint Petersburg (2022).
If you're interested in attending my workshop or training on data art or data visualization, you can find the list of courses and waiting list here: Workshops & Trainings.
Livestreams on Data Art (RUS):
- Data Art Discussion - We discuss the direction of data art, share our projects, and the projects of our favorite authors.
- Generative Design and Data Art - We discuss the differences between generative art and data art and the peculiarities of their classification.
- Material Data Art - We discuss the physicalization and aesthetics of data, share our favorite projects.
- Handcrafted Data Art - We discuss various types of handicrafts used in data art, showcase our projects and dream of bending pipes in the name of data art!
- Data Art Tools - Coming soon.
- Data Art Discussion - We discuss the direction of data art, share our projects, and the projects of our favorite authors.
- Generative Design and Data Art - We discuss the differences between generative art and data art and the peculiarities of their classification.
- Material Data Art - We discuss the physicalization and aesthetics of data, share our favorite projects.
- Handcrafted Data Art - We discuss various types of handicrafts used in data art, showcase our projects and dream of bending pipes in the name of data art!
- Data Art Tools - Coming soon.
If you are interested in collaboration or need a personal consultation, feel free to reach out via LinkedIn, Telegram, or by email eolay@inbox.ru.
If you are interested in these and my other projects - please subscribe to my page on social networks for regular updates! I'll be glad!
