New Economy Forum

Experts say economic power is shifting from Western countries to new economies. This change opens new markets but also requires new leaders to influence the course of this economic transition on a global scale. Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum aims to support this change, serving as a community for leaders to promote innovation, collaboration, and inclusiveness.

Schema, a research and design firm that turns information into action, approached us to build software to power data visualizations they’d created for Bloomberg. The scope included seven video installations presented on custom pillars and interactive maps operated on Microsoft Surface Hub’s touch screen. Our work included synchronizing multiple screens, rendering the maps, and optimizing performance of an application running on the touchscreen to enable user interactions.

To render the maps, we used React, Datamaps, and D3 libraries, as well as PIXI. The application was optimized for Internet Explorer, since we used Microsoft Surface Hub to present the maps in Singapore. We also had to implement a pause and play mechanism for the pillars.

A successful platform powering major global forums.