by Emily Bhargava | Sep 8, 2015 | community health, Uncategorized
Once again Connection Lab helped to bring food security data to the Ignite festival of food and fire by laser-cutting information into vegetables. Take a look at some of the beautiful examples created by Rahul. And take a moment to think about some of the disturbing...
by Emily Bhargava | Mar 8, 2015 | community art, data mural, Uncategorized
Rahul has decided to use the data mural process as a teaching tool in his course “Data Storytelling Studio” at MIT. As an introduction to basic data analysis, visual representation and thinking about audiences and the needs of small non-profits, the class...
by Emily Bhargava | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
CHNA 17 (the community health network area that brings together public health initiatives from 6 communities) provided multi-year funding to five different youth health projects. As the projects are nearing completion, the CHNA invited each of them to work with...
by Emily Bhargava | Aug 13, 2014 | community art, community health, data mural, Uncategorized
As a continuation of the work we’ve been doing with the Somerville Food Security Coalition we decided to join the fun at the Ignite food and fire festival this week. How did we combine food, fire and food security? We laser-cut facts about hunger and food...
by Emily Bhargava | Apr 20, 2013 | community art, community health, data mural, Uncategorized
Another data mural is in the works! This time we were pretty crunched for time (one 55 minute class period for the design!) so we decided to limit the scope to an infographic. No time wasted on deciding the format, time was just spent designing the key elements and...