Comments on: Space dots. Pretty.

Space dots. Pretty.

ariana — Wed, 28 May 2003 14:53:54 -0800

Copernica Martin Wattenberg, in collaboration with NASA and Rhizome.org, developed a gorgeous applet to showcase NASA's commissioned art program. Participating artists include William Wegman, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, and Robert Rauschenburg, among others. Pieces can be viewed by subject, title, or create your own gallery. Beautiful.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 28 May 2003 15:13:48 -0800

Wow, that's a weird interface, but cool presentation. Makes it really quick and easy to see dozens of images. Is there any way to see them full size?

By: hairyeyeball

hairyeyeball — Wed, 28 May 2003 16:07:37 -0800

Ooh!aah!filter. Kidding, kidding! ;-) That is neat. NASA remains one of the only government branches you can't love to hate. And information visualizations like this, though less artistically realized, is finally becoming accessible to non-programmers through freeware projects like TouchGraph.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Wed, 28 May 2003 16:46:11 -0800

Wow. "Make your own" is very cool.

By: harja

harja — Wed, 28 May 2003 17:59:25 -0800

Loved the interface as well, but it is a shame the images can't be enlarged (or I didn't find a way). Lovely link - thanks.

By: gametone

gametone — Wed, 28 May 2003 20:18:09 -0800

I'd much prefer a regular ol' page of thumbnails linked to some decent sized images. I don't see any advantage to this slow loading applet, aside from giving a geeky thrill to those who can appreciate the programming skill.

By: plep

plep — Thu, 29 May 2003 04:37:09 -0800

[this is good]

By: Kikkoman

Kikkoman — Thu, 29 May 2003 05:06:26 -0800

My kingdom for a zoom button.

By: toothgnip

toothgnip — Thu, 29 May 2003 06:45:41 -0800

More Martin Wattenberg goodness here.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Thu, 29 May 2003 12:19:31 -0800

I couldn't find Warhol, Leibowitz, or Wegman...? (In text view).