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InfoShow24 Awards

We are pleased to announce the award winners from InfoShow24: Best Individual Project – $500Visualizing Fandom ‘Shipping’ Networks with Fanfiction DataFengqi Long Best Group Project – $1,000 divided…

InfoShow24 program

InfoShow24 is the annual showcase and celebration of Pratt School of Information student work, and is part of Pratt Shows. InfoShow24 is taking place Friday May 10 5:00-7:30pm in-person at Pratt…

Manhattan Uprising!

Utilizing the LibGuide platform, “Manhattan Uprising!” contextualizes Manhattan’s history of political protests and riots through a human rights and diversity lens applied to 5 uprisings. This project features…

Cataloging the Ephemeral at the Franklin Furnace

In this presentation, I will introduce the work of the Franklin Furnace, an institution dedicated to supporting, presenting, and preserving avant-garde artwork in ephemeral forms since 1976. I…

How Cloud Technology can Optimize Digital Experiences at the Met

Explore the process, challenges, and potential of cloud technology in enhancing digital experiences. By automating Google Lighthouse audits, the Met can streamline data collection and analysis of their…

Designing Inclusive Spaces for Emotional Equilibrium

Delving into neurodivergent experiences, this project bridges physical and digital design to create inclusive spaces. Key research insights inform a comprehensive guide for designing balanced environments and a…

Protecting Our Planet with Fungi

Exploring plant-fungal relationships through a meta-analysis of MycoDB, the largest ecological meta-analysis database, reveals key insights for climate change mitigation. A comprehensive understanding of these associations is crucial…

Trust and Apprehension in Human-AI Interaction

AI tools, whether it be ChatGPT or predictive text, pose a problem for the educational and working environments that employ them. Either help to cultivate richer cooperation between…

PlanPals Making planning trips for a large group less exhausting

Have you ever been frustrated trying to plan an event/trip for a large group of people? We identified this problem and decided to act on it. We designed…

Visualizing Fanfiction Data: a case study of HBO Max’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’

This project presents a series of data visualizations created based on fanfiction data from Archive of Our Own (AO3), focusing on the fandom community behind HBO Max’s pirate-themed…

Just Dansss – Designing for the entertainment of captive snakes

The concept revolves around creating a snake version of “Just Dance,” where snakes interact with a visual and musical display, swaying to rhythms they enjoy. This design inspired…

Gamifying art exploration at the National Gallery of Art

The aim of the project was to create a fun and engaging game to get young adults (18-25 years old) to explore the National Gallery of Art’s collection…

Whitney Museum Collection Information Fellowship

The presentation wraps up my two-semester fellowship at the Whitney Museum of American Art. It reflects my thoughts on the museum world and includes my experiences working with…

Merging Collections at Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History

The Center for Brooklyn History was established in 2020 when the Brooklyn Public Library absorbed the Brooklyn Historical Society. This presentation will introduce the Center for Brooklyn History’s…

Seasons at the Met: Working with Exhibition History at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Our presentation focuses on the projects we worked on during our fellowships at the Watson Library. We both focused on increasing access to material from the museum’s past…

Toyota SafeWave: Revolutionizing Pedestrian Awareness

SafeWave redefines transit apps by focusing on pedestrian safety for the hearing impaired, new transplants and commuters. Through ethnographic research, user interviews and diary studies, I analyzed the…

Using Eye-Tracking to Improve Discoverability, Readability, and Learnability of the Cooper Hewitt API Website

In this project from INFO-645 Advanced Usability & UX Evaluation, we conducted a usability study with eye-tracking to understand how novice and expert API users interact with the…

The intersection of Exhibitions and Information Experience Design

Slides Follow along on our process to convert data from a year long academic project across various disciplines to encompass it into an engaging gallery show, in a…

Preserving Primary Sources in Lesbian Film

This is a group presentation to display the preservation work done by the Projects in Digital Archives Class for the Lesbian Herstory Archives Video Website. We digitized u-matic…

Selecting Lines: Archival Appraisal at the Drawing Center

The presentation will focus on my experience as the Hauser & Wirth archival fellow in Spring 2024. Specifically, I will touch on my role in selecting archival material…