LifeMap

    This is a visualization of my life between ages 6 and 24. It was created as an assignment for an Information Design course at Parsons taught by Dmitry Krasny.

    UPDATE: LifeMap has been published in Data Flow 2

    www.ritwikdey.com

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      Jinho.Jung, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, grieser, ulaniulani, and 299 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. mslima (75 months ago | reply)

      This is really interesting Ritwik. I had never seen it but it looks great. I will print it out to see it in detail.

    3. ritwikdey (75 months ago | reply)

      Thanks. Did it for Dmitry's Information Design class.

    4. Liam Crean (61 months ago | reply)

      I like it. Is good. Ya.

    5. hi im tom (61 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Stunning Design & Concept (all categories, only the best), and we'd love to have your work added to the group.

    6. visual think map (61 months ago | reply)

      excellant

    7. ritwikdey (61 months ago | reply)

      Thank you. I'm thinking of extending this (since it's 3 years old now) and possibly working on some new designs.

    8. maczter (61 months ago | reply)

      Very nice.

    9. S.A.L. (59 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Cool Data Visualizations - Information Visualization, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

      Thank you in advance!

      S.A.L.

    10. ritwikdey (59 months ago | reply)

      I've added it to the group. Thanks.

    11. Emmanuel Buenviaje (59 months ago | reply)

      great stuff!

    12. Ann Ngo (59 months ago | reply)

      love it... thank you for sharing with us. :)

    13. ritwikdey (59 months ago | reply)

      Thank you. You're most welcome.

    14. jimmybick (59 months ago | reply)

      Hi
      Found this on www.serialconsign.com/taxonomy/term/127
      and wanted to say how much i admired it, a really well executed concept.

      I just printed it out at work (Lbi) to have a further look and by the the time I had walked to the printer someone had nabbed it. I caught them the second time and they congratulated me on my work which I then explained was not mine. So I think i can safely say its a hit with not just me but with everyone here. Well done and looking forward to more...

    15. ritwikdey (59 months ago | reply)

      @jimmybick: That's quite a little story :) Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the design.

    16. Jammy J. (52 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful! Manny just sent this to me from vi.sualize.us and I was like 'omg, wait, Ritwik did this!'

    17. Rodrigo Müller (51 months ago | reply)

      that is awesome. will try to show my own life in graphic design sometime. congratulations man!

    18. Willian, Cezar [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)

      amazing!

    19. Ed Karjala (50 months ago | reply)

      very impressive concept and finished product

    20. ritwikdey (50 months ago | reply)

      Just wanted to thank all of you for your comments and encouragement :)

    21. kapilgupta (50 months ago | reply)

      interesting, stumbled on this by chance... any special significance to the colors (yellow, red, black, brown... etc)?

    22. ritwikdey (50 months ago | reply)

      The warm spectrum represents non-academic interests while the cool spectrum represents academic ones. The warmer colors to some extent convey the passion with which I pursued these interests.

    23. Werkplace (48 months ago | reply)

      I haven't looked at your background but since you have the design nailed you might want to iterate it into a LifeAggregator. Great way to learn Processing, AS3, WPF, or openFrameworks ;).

    24. VISup srl (48 months ago | reply)

      Great work! I put it into a collection of interesting inforgaphics, have a look www.flickr.com/photos/visupsrl/3562707998/

      Congrats!

    25. ritwikdey (48 months ago | reply)

      Thanks VISup_srl.

    26. sacks08 (44 months ago | reply)

      great design, you won the Homi Bhabha Young Scientist Award Gees

    27. ritwikdey (44 months ago | reply)

      LOL, yeah. That was a loooooong time ago :) Thanks for the comment.

    28. sacks08 (44 months ago | reply)

      awesome man :)

    29. Chris_West (43 months ago | reply)

      Nice idea and really well visualised.

    30. ritwikdey (43 months ago | reply)

      Thank you Sacks, Chris.

    31. rhetorikolas (41 months ago | reply)

      This is amazing, great job Ritwik. Now I'm considering the Parson's Design school for my Master's, after "The New School". Your skills definitely speak on their own.

    32. ritwikdey (41 months ago | reply)

      rhetorikolas, thanks. If you do end up going to Parsons let me know and I'll tell you which professors specialize in information design.

    33. Tous les noms sont déjà pris... pfff... (39 months ago | reply)

      niiiice

    34. Adam_T4 (39 months ago | reply)

      Great Infographical Resume. A+ =]

    35. klevo! (35 months ago | reply)

      great visualization!

    36. Hamish MacPherson (33 months ago | reply)

      I'm a bit confused by the colours - have you got the academic/non-academic labels the wrong way round then? Looks great though and I wish I could see enough detail to really explore in depth!

    37. ritwikdey (33 months ago | reply)

      Hamish, the labels are the right way, although I can see why you'd think they weren't.
      I have a large version of the graphic up on Flickr, so you can read in as much detail as you need.

    38. jess17a (33 months ago | reply)

      agreed, aren't the things in cool colors your academic interests? they are labelled non-academic.

    39. Hamish MacPherson (32 months ago | reply)

      Think I understand - labels refer to milestones not coloured stacks. Took me a while to work out though

    40. bunker537 (32 months ago | reply)

      Forgive me if I'm just not seeing the explanation somewhere, but what do the thicknesses of the bars represent?

    41. ritwikdey (32 months ago | reply)

      The thickness represents intensity of interest or commitment.

    42. argyle plaids (26 months ago | reply)

      crazy cool.

    43. ECO-OFICINA (24 months ago | reply)

      incremental life, good! Why deep ecology and gaia theory so late!!!!
      Best regards

    44. ritwikdey (24 months ago | reply)

      Deep ecology and Giaia Theory were subjects I had to tackle during my graduate thesis. I wish I had studied them sooner.

    45. This photo was invited and added to the Eye Education group.

    46. rcgras (7 months ago | reply)

      wow this is amazing! really love this

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