‘Tacoshed’ tracks the journey (and miles) of all the ingredients from a taco produced by a specific taco truck in San Francisco. Compiled by students at California College of the Arts and design group Rebar, this info-visualization highlights the complexity of our food systems. Tough resulting in complex maps, the results accurately gives people an […]
Arlene Birt is named as a finalist for the 2010 Bush Fellowship.
The ‘Drinking Water Cycle’ glasses are on part of the ‘Water Rights’ exhibition at MCAD gallery 215 now through March 21. The glasses are part of ‘The Water Project’.
A local cafe has compiled a somewhat-visual depiction of their activities over the year. The focus is on communicating data as it relates to the sustainability initiatives of the cafe.
Sustainability: Measuring and Communicating Life Cycle online course through MCAD’s Sustainability program – registration open.
2009 9.Dec.09 Arlene Birt named Artist in Residence at MEDEA in Malmö, Sweden for Fall 2010. 22.Dec.09 Arlene Birt selected for the 2010 Art(ists) on the Verge fellowship for a project on Visualizing Grocery Impacts. 22.Oct.09 short presentation for Packaging Sustainability: Tools, Systems and Strategies for Innovative Package Design launch party at MCAD. 07.Oct.09 "Water […]
Arlene Birt is artist in residence at MEDEA Malmö in Fall 2010, where she will collaboratively develop an interactive information design project to help people experience their social and environmental footprints: by making the ‘stories’ of these impacts visible and interactive – in the context of the city of Malmö.
Carbon foot-printing has made its way onto the plates of people living in Sweden. These ‘climate labels’ list kg of CO2 per kg of product: which results in a decimal like .3498 or .7612. The problem with this approach is that it provides no frame of reference for the consumers to understand…
Arlene Birt is selected for the 2010 Art(ists) On the Verge fellowship program for a project on Visualizing Grocery Impacts
Pranav Mistry combines standard, everyday gestures with digital information. His solutions -which include the SixthSense wearable computer – have potential to bring real transparency into sustainability, and enable people to literally immerse themselves in their own ecological footprints.