DATABLOOM

TitleDATABLOOM
BrandPUBLICIS.SAPIENT (SELF-PROMOTION)
Product/ServiceSELF -PROMOTION
Category E03. Technology
Entrant SAPIENTRAZORFISH London, UNITED KINGDOM
Idea Creation SAPIENTRAZORFISH London, UNITED KINGDOM
Additional Company MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST London, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
Fura Johannesdottir Publicis Sapient Executive Creative Director
Alexandra Jugović Publicis Sapient Creative Director
Louise Perry Publicis Sapient FS EMEA Marketing Lead
Conor McNicholas Publicis Sapient Consultant Marketing Director FS EMEA
David Lamb Publicis Sapient Producer
Ben Leedham Publicis Sapient Design
Jude Gay Publicis Sapient Design
Joanne Hippolyte Publicis Sapient Experience Design
Louise Beaumont Publicis Sapient Strategic Advisor, Open Banking
Rachel Clough Publicis Sapient Creative Team
Jan Pruijser Publicis Sapient Creative Team
Andy Lo Pò Publicis.Sapient Photographer

Write a short summary of what happens in the ambient or digital execution or campaign.

databloom was an interactive art installation that brought to life a new metaphor for thinking about data. Rather than ‘lakes’ or ‘clouds’ that companies see, it showed how data from different companies can be organised around individuals in a post-GDPR world. Attendees entered Room 1 of our installation and, through a bespoke hand-held controller, we harvested simple bespoke data (with GDPR compliancy!) in the form of height, pulse and clothing colour. This was then presented as a unique data-generated databloom where data was organised around an individual in a structured and beautiful way. Blowing on the controller released the data into a chaotic data cloud that built up over the three days of the event. Attendees could move and play with the cloud visualization. Attendees then moved to Room 2 where we presented ‘case studies from the future’ showing use cases where data created exponential value when organised around people.

Cultural/Context information for the jury

databloom exists to get people to think about data in a new way by presenting a new metaphor for the way we approach data. Companies see data as ‘lakes’ or ‘clouds’ – amorphous groupings of data organized around them where people are unseen in the mass. We’ve all been encouraged to see data the way companies see data. databloom offers a different vision, one where data is organized around people. In a post-GDPR, API-powered world, people can start to take control of their data from different companies, pivoting to work around them. We wanted to show that this new way of thinking about data was both empowering and beautiful.