Rachel Binx is an American data visualizer, developer, and designer. She is the co-founder of Meshu and Gifpop, two companies that create physical objects, such as maps and animated GIFs, from social data.
Rachel Binx | |
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| Born | May 10 |
| Education | Santa Clara University |
| Website | rachelbinx |
Binx has also worked at Stamen Design and NASA.
Early life and education
editBinx is originally from New Mexico. In 2006, she moved to California to attend Santa Clara University, where she received a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Art History.[1] After graduation, she freelanced in data visualization and web design.
Career
editIn 2011, Binx joined Stamen Design, a design and technology studio in San Francisco, California.[1] At Stamen, Binx worked on projects for clients such as MTV, Facebook, and Oprah.[2][3]
Binx co-founded Meshu, Gifpop and monochōme, small companies that explore creating one-off physical objects from the data that customers find meaningful.[4][5][6]
Meshu was co-founded with Sha Hwang, another Stamen alumni. Meshu is a service where people can upload geographic data from services, such as Foursquare, to be made into jewelry and accessories. The resulting 3D printed object is created from data points uploaded by the user.
Gifpop is a service for making physical GIFs. The service prints lenticular-printed cards from uploaded gif files. It was launched via a Kickstarter project that raised over $35,000 from more than 1,000 backers.[7][8][9]
In 2014 Binx founded monochōme, a clothing company that allows customers to use map tiles from OpenStreetMap to create a custom print on various articles.[6][10]
In 2015, Binx joined the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. There she built data visualization tools for rovers, satellites, and other space technology.[11] Binx worked as part of the human computer interaction research group building data visualization tools for mission evaluations.[11][12]
In 2022, Binx created Amtrak Explorer, an open-source tool to visualize Amtrak routes.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b "stamen design | Stamen Alumni". stamen.com. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ^ "Rachel Binx - Visualized". Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ^ "Rachel Binx | Eyeo Festival". eyeofestival.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ^ "9 Personal Stories Of Love And Travel, Told In Data-Driven Jewelry". Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ^ Bogan, Daniel (6 November 2012). "An interview with Rachel Binx". Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ^ a b "Yes, Please: Customizable Map-Print Clothing". Bloomberg.com. December 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ^ "Gifpop! Custom Gif Cards for Everyone". Kickstarter.
- ^ "This Startup Wants To Make GIFs You Can Hold In Your Hands". Fast Company. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ^ Meyer, Robinson (23 October 2013). "You Can Now Liberate GIFs From the Web With an Old, Weird Technology". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ UTC, Adario Strange2014-12-02 20:53:44 (2 December 2014). "Wearable maps make location data fashionable". Mashable. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Rachel Binx: Making sense (and art) of big data". kernelmag.dailydot.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ^ "Meet The Art Historian Decoding Martian Data For NASA". Co.Design. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ^ Beschizza, Rob (2023-09-29). "Amtrak Explorer: online interactive map of the U.S. passenger train system". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2023-12-07.