An interactive experience for the Data for Black Lives 2024 conference — turning statistics on racial injustice into personal reflection and memory.
Beyond Number was inspired by the need to humanize data and challenge the perception that numbers alone tell the full story of social justice issues. Drawing from historical social movements and interactive design principles, the project transforms statistics into personal reflections — inviting users to see the lived realities behind the data.
Context
Introduce Data for Black Lives and the 2024 Miami conference.
Challenge
Data often dehumanizes. How might we reframe it to connect, reflect, and honor?
Goal
Create an interactive experience that invites reflection — and leaves users with a digital memory.
Data into emotional narratives
Curated datasets on racial injustice, visualized to prompt not just understanding — but empathy.
Reflection as interaction
Prompts like 'What does this mean to you?' and 'Who is missing from this chart?' make each interaction an invitation to reflect.
Personal memory posters
At the end of the journey, users generate a custom digital poster — data, interpretation, and a resonant quote — grounding abstract numbers in personal meaning.
Beyond Number is more than a visualization project — it's a manifesto for remembering the people behind the data. Whether exhibited in a museum or accessed on a phone, it reminds us: data should not only inform, it should move.