Visual Storytelling of Smithsonian Corals
A qualitative data story of coral reefs and their environmental significance using Smithsonian open-access images.
TOOLS
D3.js, Python, HTML, CSS, Photoshop
TEAM
Ian Yu
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BACKGROUND
This qualitative data visualization project aimed to bring attention to coral reefs. The Smithsonian has a plethora of articles and helpful information about corals and how they are a crucial building block for many ocean depths.
ABOUT THE DATA / DESIGN
There is fascinating information about how coral aids in cancer research and its anti-viral properties, along with its importance to many fish habitats. There are corals in deeper ocean zones that are suffering due to ocean trawling. This was a focal point that we wanted to make to highlight the findings in our research.
WHY IT MATTERS
We aimed for a minimalistic, vintage illustrative aesthetic to harmonize the research and qualitative data points. To guide users through the page, we employed a scrollytelling method, featuring a progress bar that encourages the discovery of new information.