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In case you missed it, this summer has been one of civic duty for Data Design Co_. We partnered with January Advisors on a series of get-out-the-vote projects for the 2015 Houston mayoral elections, most notably the Pop Up Poll we built in June. This past Saturday we were excited continue the partnership with a test drive of the Coaster Campaign at Buffalo Bayou Brewery.
Read MoreIt has been a busy couple of weeks here at Data Design Co_. Since we last posted about our marathon brainstorming session, we have not only been gearing up for the launch of our first product, but we also completed pilot testing for our Coaster Campaign with January Advisors and the League of Women Voters. While we are still processing the results of that particular experiment, we wanted to take a minute and get everyone up to speed on the project.
Read MoreThis week we used a variety of texts to help jumpstart our brainstorming process. We found some of them immensely helpful for the process, so we thought we'd give the books a quick rundown (in no particular order) in case anybody else is looking for a better brainstorming process.
Read MoreThe last few days have been some of the most mentally exhaustive we've had in a while. Since steeping ourselves in Houston numbers for nearly a week, we have done little else but brainstorm for three days straight.
Read MoreBuilding on the success of our recent collaboration on the Pop Up Poll, we spent last week compiling statistics on everything Houston for our next project: the Coaster Campaign. As we noted previously, the idea behind the Coaster Campaign is to create a series of coasters with maps and statistics to help bring contextualized data to potential voters in unexpected places (a la bars and restaurants).
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