Emma Margarita Erenst—Outlier 2021—Step and Repeat - Visualizing Human Motion

Step and Repeat - Visualizing Human Motion Movement is an integral part of our lives. It is what enables us to get from one place to another in the physical space, but also in our mental one. Conducting motion studies and visualizing our finding enables us to find patterns within our data and then harvest the power of spatial and embodied cognition in order to gain a holistic perspective of our environment and the physical state, emotions, thoughts, learning habits and creative processes of the humans within it. As ubiquitous, AI and wearable computing systems become an integral part of our lives - the ability to document, research, analyse, characterize and visualise motion is becoming an integral part in the design of objects, products, services, environments, and experiences. I’m a designer, researcher and lecturer, specializing in embodied design, information visualisation, performative and and material-based forms of visual storytelling. Over the past 5 years I have led a series of projects where I had to develop research techniques to document and visualize motion. These visualisation techniques were key in my ability to train algorithms for the development of smart products, design wearables for stage, physical therapy and sports, for the preservation of cultural heritage and even help support sustainable production of soft goods. Through a series of case studies, my talk will focus on some of the techniques I used. I will also share key insights for conducting motion studies and crafting visualization as part of the design and development process of futuristic interfaces.