Roxana Torre
media design and webcartography
Personal World Map
The Personal World Map has been developed with the idea of giving users another perception of the world. Normally we measure distances between places in km (or miles) but in the Personal World Map these distances have been replaced by travel time and travel costs. These two factors can give a better indication of relative position between places than geographical distances.
More information about the Personal World Map can be found in the about section of the project.
The Personal World Map has been my final project for the study MA Media Design at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and has been awarded with a Honorary Mention in the category Net Vision at Prix Ars Electronica 2006
URL: http://www.personalworldmap.org
Year: 2004 - 2005
More information about the Personal World Map can be found in the about section of the project.
The Personal World Map has been my final project for the study MA Media Design at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and has been awarded with a Honorary Mention in the category Net Vision at Prix Ars Electronica 2006
URL: http://www.personalworldmap.org
Year: 2004 - 2005
Traject Visualizations
Thinking about travel time as a more effective indication of distance, the traject visualizations show the effects of highway congestion on travel time.
The project consists of three interactive animations. In the first animation distances on highway trajects have been replaced by travel times during all working days of one week. A second animation shows an overlap of travel times during Monday and Friday, while in the last one total travel times between the cities have been represented (during the mentioned period).
The data used have been provided by the client and consist of average travel times during 2005.
My activities consisted on concept development and realization.
URL: See one of the animations here
Client: Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (The Netherlands)
Year: 2006
The project consists of three interactive animations. In the first animation distances on highway trajects have been replaced by travel times during all working days of one week. A second animation shows an overlap of travel times during Monday and Friday, while in the last one total travel times between the cities have been represented (during the mentioned period).
The data used have been provided by the client and consist of average travel times during 2005.
My activities consisted on concept development and realization.
URL: See one of the animations here
Client: Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (The Netherlands)
Year: 2006
New Towns Database
The New Towns Database is an initiative of the "International New Town Institute" to concentrate all information regarding "new towns". It is a growing database which includes information about the foundation and development of the towns as well as maps and images.
The towns are visualized on a world map, through an interactive animation it is possible to see the year in which the towns were founded. This map serves as interface to the new towns database.
My activities included database and interface design and development as well as the development of an interface for updating the database.
Working together with Jos Agasi (design)
URL: http://www.newtowninstitute.org
Client: International New Town Institute (The Netherlands)
Year: 2006 - 2007
My activities included database and interface design and development as well as the development of an interface for updating the database.
Working together with Jos Agasi (design)
URL: http://www.newtowninstitute.org
Client: International New Town Institute (The Netherlands)
Year: 2006 - 2007