This project, Anatomizing Science-Fiction, is the intersection of my personal collection of sci-fi literature and an assortment of infographic design and data visualization. Among the following works are exercises in Data Humanism, qualitative data extraction, and truthful incorporation of tools and materials.
This hand drawn exercise is what I consider a contour heat map. After considering that my collection of titles is specific to me and that conditions like wear and damage are specific to this library I realized I could use this as a fingerprint-like identifier. This was a quick process. I simply drew the areas of damages on paper roughly the size of my average bookface and spine. I then did the same thing with added elements like stickers and repair tape and again with water damage and stains.
