ECOVIZ
What if you could feel climate data - not just read it? 🫴
ECOVIZ transforms environmental data into visual, spatial, and interactive experiences.
Visual & Interaction Designer
Data Experience Design
Product Design
3D Data Visualization
2025
Project Overview
ECOVIZ is a speculative exploration of the future of environmental data visualization. Combining interactive 3D environments, motion design, and generative visuals, it transforms climate data into immersive experiences that make complex environmental patterns more intuitive and engaging.
The Problem
Environmental data is often presented through static charts and dashboards that communicate facts but fail to create emotional understanding. While the information is accurate, it is difficult for everyday users to interpret, limiting awareness and engagement with climate issues.
75%
Preferred visual exploration
3D + Motion
Generative visualization
4 Systems
Environmental data experiences
The Challenge
How might we transform complex environmental datasets into intuitive, interactive experiences that help people not only understand, but also feel connected to it? The challenge was to balance scientific accuracy with engaging visual storytelling while designing interactions that remained accessible and meaningful.
Results & Impact
Designed ECOVIZ, an interactive visualization system that transforms environmental datasets into immersive visual experiences.
Created four unique visualization systems:
DropPulse — Rainfall
BreatheGrid — Air Quality
FrostBloom — Snowfall
SolarTrace — Solar Energy
Each system responds to real environmental data through distinct motion, interaction, and visual language, making invisible climate patterns easier to explore and understand. The project demonstrates how interaction design can bridge the gap between scientific information and human emotion.
“I didn’t expect to actually explore the data. I kept moving through the screens just to see how each environment would respond.”
Peer feedback
MFA Visual Communication Design Showcase Room
Learnings
Through ECOVIZ, I learned that effective data visualization is about more than presenting numbers—it is about creating understanding.
It also reinforced the importance of designing systems that are both informative and engaging, allowing users to explore complex datasets through intuitive interaction rather than passive observation.