Connections at Davos

February 2nd, 2009

output-work12-cmyk-1000pxOur first public piece, developed in January, was created for the printed program at the World Economic Forum’s 2009 meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

With 180 sessions over the course of several days, made up of hundreds of participants, connections between sessions and themes are too complicated to be immediately apparent. The Forum sought a way to depict the interrelationships between concepts and ideas covered during the course of the week.

The image shows keywords found in session descriptions, sized by frequency of their overall use. Arcs colored according to one six themes connect keywords most frequently found together in the descriptions, with the thickness of each arc determined by how often the pairing appears throughout the program.

The final image is intended to highlight keywords and connections in an visually engaging way, while also revealing the complexity beneath.

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