He has a BDes from OCAD University in Digital Futures, and an MA from York University in Digital Media. He has worked across a wide range of fields, primarily focusing on Data Visualization, Web Design, Motion Graphics, and dabbling in 3D rendering experimentation as well.
He is a member of the nD::StudioLab of York University, and is affiliated with the ALICE Lab and Sensorium. He has authored works featured in ISEA 2020, and in HCII2021 through his work with the Public Visualization Lab at OCAD University.
His work focuses onto ideas of memory, loss, and finding beauty in the small things of the world. Through chaos, there is peace.
You can reach him at jacob[at]jacobcram.xyz.
Every day we generate immense amount of data just living our lives. Every message we send and every photo we take adds to our digital footprints. But what stories are sitting within that data? How can we use that data to form a narrative about relationships from the past?
Read More ~Drawing an honesty from the architectural movement of Brutalism, UNMASK explores the effects of anxiety and depression on memory. It visualizes the distortion and destruction of those memories over time.
This project was awarded the Digital Futures medal at OCAD University's GRADEX 104.
A precursor to UNMASK, this series of pieces examines abstraction through distorting photos, and experimenting with the geometry that they create.
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A sampling of some of the smaller scale data visualization projects I have worked on. One off pieces, dashboards, and project maps.
Read More ~For when a picture just doesn't quite make the cut, a little motion can go a long way. Here there's a small sampling of some of the motion work I've done.
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