The goal of data S T R A N D was to understand how a designer might use numbers to create designs specific to a particular data set.  Below, I used the precipitation data for New Buffalo, MI, found at www.wuunderground.com, for a four year period and then devised a way to visualize that data spatially, in three dimensions.  The first image shows the data that was gathered, analyzed, and then acted upon.  Each of the forms generated becomes a visual means of communicating the raw, or boring, data in a way that is more interesting and spatial.  The applications of the type of design are quite numerous and there are more than a handful of artist using this methodology as the primary source of inspiration for their design work.  The final output of data S T R A N D was a three dimensional model designed in Rhino 3D and then exported into Autodesk's 3DS MAX software to do the colored clay renderings.  Finally, I used Adobe Photoshop to bring the images to presentation quality and give some cohesion to the project.