{"id":733,"date":"2014-03-03T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T20:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2014-03-03T12:41:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T20:41:18","slug":"ibm-data-wall-2013-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"IBM &#8220;Data Wall&#8221; @ 2013 US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last year I received a call from the very talented crew at <a href=\"http:\/\/heyhush.com\/\">Hush<\/a>\u00a0in New York to help on a project they were building for the 2013 US Open and IBM. You can check out a video they put together to promote the work below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/75346270\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"IBM &quot;Data Wall&quot; @ 2013 US Open\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The IBM Data Wall had three layers of interaction, Playground View, Simple View and Detail View. Each digital \u201ctennis ball\u201d represented a match and the wealth of data that every match produces, and sometimes even included predictions of the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>My primary role on the project was to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>contribute ideas and design sketches<\/li>\n<li>be a source of tennis knowledge<\/li>\n<li>contribute as source of interpretation of data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sean Klassen in a recent article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commarts.com\/\">Communication Arts<\/a> website had this to say about the project&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSports are chock-full of data enthusiasts, so it\u2019s great to see IBM and the U.S. Open taking advantage of that fact with some of the most beautiful infographics I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The full article by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commarts.com\/\">Communication Arts<\/a> which reviews the application can be read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commarts.com\/interactive\/cai14\/ibmusopen2013.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of my design sketches and ideas were transformed by the guys at Hush into these fabulous interactive infographics which were used in the final application (see below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/important_points_073113-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-742\" alt=\"IBM Data Wall Important Point\" src=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/important_points_073113-1.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/important_points_073113-1.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/important_points_073113-1-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/important_points_073113-1-1024x462.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/important_points_073113-1-500x225.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/serve_speed_073113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-743\" alt=\"TennisServe Speed Infographic\" src=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/serve_speed_073113.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/serve_speed_073113.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/serve_speed_073113-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/serve_speed_073113-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/serve_speed_073113-500x250.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/heyhush.com\/work\/ibm\/\">http:\/\/heyhush.com\/work\/ibm\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>The main interface to exploring the Detail View ended up like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/detail_view_072413.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-745\" alt=\"US Open 2013 IBM Data Wall\" src=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/detail_view_072413.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/detail_view_072413.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/detail_view_072413-228x300.jpg 228w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/detail_view_072413-778x1024.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The guys at Hush had some fun with concept of an exploding tennis ball for the Playground View &#8211; they literally built this overnight!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/Explosion_yellow.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Exploding Yellow Tennis Ball\" src=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2014\/03\/Explosion_yellow.gif\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A more comprehensive collection of screen shots from the application can be seen at Hush&#8217;s official <a href=\"http:\/\/heyhush.com\/work\/ibm\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last year I received a call from the very talented crew at Hush\u00a0in New York to help on a project they were building for the 2013 US Open and IBM. 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