.mp3 data is tracked and replicated in real time as shadings on a background.

These shadings resemble either a mountain range, volcano or digital landscape.

It provides music and mp3 tracks with creative insight as it is an actualisation of another file.

Watching the audio landscape form is said to have therapeutic properties.

The mountains are shaped by the rising and falling resonating sound waves.

The infographic plots the number of people killed by guns in the US in a single year.

What makes this data art unique is the humanising of the statistic by adding a quantifiable ‘stolen years’ column.

The colour scheme is also very effective as the grey connotes old age and therefore makes the graphic more comprehendible.

The data art also has a number of different ways to view the results and therefore allows the viewer to customise their experience.

The infographic is analogue.

The piece can be described as “meta” as it encapsulates data for a method through the use of the same method; (tattooing).

The colour scheme is black and white making the graphic very simple in its delivery while allowing the viewer to focus on the statistics.

This infographic is unique as it provides the viewer with not only the statistic but also background information on the “history of the tattoo”.

This can enable the viewer to have insight into the reasons behind the statistics making it a very immersive infographic.

This piece of data art represents the variety of different punctuation in different literary work.

The punctuation has been transformed into a “heat map”, mapping with blue, red and green for the different respective punctuation.

This piece of data art works to present the intensity and dynamic of a novel.

This provides the reader with insight and can allow them to understand the novel on a deeper level.

Shows the population density of different areas of the world

Taller Spikes indicate a higher number of people per square kilometer.

Created using a foam ball and a series of cocktail stick that have been cut down to the correct sizes.

The idea was to condense such large numbers down into a small format that could be easily understood by anyone who looked at it.

This piece shows us the problem of population expansion, a huge problem that we will have to face in the next few decades.

This piece shows the decrease in crime over the last 30 years.

Each pipe represents a different type of crime.

The statistics provided from this piece show an overall decrease in all types of crime.

Created from mild steel beams that have been heat bended to the correct shapes.

Created by the California based artist Loren Madsen.

A necklace made out of many pieces of coloured acrylic.

Each piece of acrylic represents air pollution in the city of Sheffield over the space of a 6 hour period.

Small and green pieces represent a safe amount of pollution in the air whereas larger orange and red pieces show a much higher level.

Provides a simple way to show how much humanity can effect the environment.

The spike of pollution represented by the large orange piece was caused by fireworks lit on bonfire night.

A simple card model that has been cut using a laser cutter.

Shows the decrease in size of the Aral Sea using a set of scale shapes.

Shows statistics taken from the last 50 years.

This piece combines a very disturbing message with a simple and bright aesthetic, making the facts stand out.

An easy and cheap way of educating people about the issues caused by humanities effects on the environment.