NaturalHazards.info (Informationsdesign - Design als Vermittler)

Multimedia application

NaturalHazards.info is an information-graphic elaboration of the topic of natural disasters – a java-applet. Here, place markers (cubes) of great natural disasters are arranged in space according to geographic and temporal location. They can change in colour and size according to their figures. The user can navigate in space freely, head for individual cubes and continents and get textual information. Further functions include an individual filter as well as a map of the world which can be moved in time. The result is a readable reflection of the facts changeable interactively.