Folsom Field Phish Seating Chart

What if a chart wasn't a picture on a screen, but a sculpture? There are artists creating physical objects where the height, weight, or texture of the object represents a data value. The world of these tangible, paper-based samples, with all their nuance and specificity, was irrevocably altered by the arrival of the internet. You can use a single, bright color to draw attention to one specific data series while leaving everything else in a muted gray. It is a comprehensive, living library of all the reusable components that make up a digital product. It feels less like a tool that I'm operating, and more like a strange, alien brain that I can bounce ideas off of. To hold this sample is to feel the cool, confident optimism of the post-war era, a time when it seemed possible to redesign the entire world along more rational and beautiful lines.