civar.co

civar is a map for event exploration, based on real user needs. citizens have different preferences when it comes to going out. we sometimes look for a live and crowded party on a friday night, or a small meetup about science-fiction literature, around where we live. these decisions are also affected by the traffic jam, people density in the area or how the weather is that day. we started this project by collecting user needs, not data. our participants from diverse backgrounds had a wide range of criteria for choosing an event. overall, they wanted to know what, when and where the event is. however, they also wanted to know how loud or active it is, how much it costs, how many people are attending, how big is the venue, what language the event is. civar visualizes these different dimensions of event data to fulfill diverse user needs about discovering events. we designed a circle glyph that gradually becomes more detailed, to visualize more dimensions of event data without overwhelmin