Design and Dev of qamosalthawra.com at Design Na Hranici, Zlin 2017

1. A Dictionary of
the Revolution
Youssef Faltas
11 May 2017
qamosalthawra.com

2. Quickly
I am a visual artist and web developer
- interaction design
- creative coding
- data visualization

3. Goal
To document the 2011 revolution in Egypt and
its aftermath in the voices of hundreds of
people
The revolution created so many narratives and
perspectives
Amira Hanafi - http://amirahanafi.com

6. Material
- Language: colloquial Egyptian Arabic
- Interviews with 200 participants
- 160 key terms
- 4 categories:
- Concepts
- Objects
- Characters
- Places / Events
Each term -> an imagined dialogue

8. Challenge
To navigate through the story of the revolution
in a non-linear way
The dataset is quite rich
Focus: lines

9. Process
Tool: Javascript
- jQuery, or
- d3, or
- p5
Mixing design and development

20. Finally
qamosalthawra.com