MINN_LAB

An interdisciplinary design collective
Co-PIs: Daniel Keefe and Mark Swackhammer
Fall 2015 - Fall 2017
Digital Design Center, University of Minnesota

About

MINN_LAB is a design collective composed of architects, landscape architects, and computer scientists. We engage and facilitate cross disciplinary dialogue through the collective creation of site-based installations that foster awareness and critical inquiry into the nature of our cities, and imagine their possible futures. Our projects challenge the conventional notions of design agency through our plurality of design voices, use of data, and user integration.

Links

Main MINN_LAB webpage

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Orbacles, Winner of the Creative City Challenge Commission, Minneapolis, 2017

Weather Report, Northern Spark Arts Festival, Minneapolis, 2016

Spotlights
Orbacles installed in Minneapolis
It took some wide-load trucks and a giant crane, but the site-specific art installation (i.e., a really big data physicalization) is now installed in downtown Minneapolis!
Northern Spark 2016
Come see Weather Report at the Northern Spark 2016 Arts Festival
Publications
2018
Workshop Papers
Teaser image for Pictoral: Orbacles
Pictoral: Orbacles
Daniel F. Keefe, Ross Altheimer, Andrea J. Johnson, Mahdieh Mahmoudi, Patrick Moe, Maura Rockcastle, Marc Swackhamer, and Aaron Wittkamper. IEEE VIS 2018 Workshop: Toward a Design Language for Data Physicalization.
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2017
Journal and Conference Articles
Teaser image for Weather Report: Structuring Data Experience in the Built Environment
Weather Report: Structuring Data Experience in the Built Environment
Marc Swackhamer, Andrea J. Johnson, Daniel Keefe, Seth Johnson, Ross Altheimer, and Aaron Wittkamper. In Proceedings of Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) University of Utah. 10 pages.
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Invited or Juried Artwork Exhibited
Teaser image for Orbacles
Orbacles
Marc Swackhamer, Andrea J. Johnson, Aaron Wittkamper, Ross Altheimer, Daniel F. Keefe, and Maura Rockcastle. Creative City Challenge Commission Winner. Installed at The Commons, Minneapolis, MN, June 10-July 24, 2017.
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2016
Invited or Juried Artwork Exhibited
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Weather Report
Aaron Wittkamper, Seth Johnson, Deuk-Geun Hong, Daniel F. Keefe, Marc Swackhamer, Robert A. Hunter, Andrea J. Johnson, Ross Altheimer, and Maura Rockcastle. Site-specific interactive outdoor installation.Northern Spark Arts Festival, Minneapolis, MN, June 10-11.
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Themes
Art and Design in Visualization
AR/MR/VR Tools for Free-Form 3D Artistic Expression
Data Physicalization
Improviing data understanding and engagement by making data visualizations physical.
Immersive Data Visualization
When should we walk inside our data?
XR User Interfaces
Novel Spatial User Interfaces for 3D Modeling, Navigation, Selection, Manipulation, and More.
Lab Members
Daniel F. Keefe
Professor
Seth Johnson, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Program