Watch people running with MY ASICS

Asics Global asked me to design and build a visualization of people running with Asics shoes all around the globe, to incentivize the usage of the “My ASICS” app and strengthening the community around it. The visualization is currently on display in multiple ASICS shops around the globe (Portugal, Italy, Japan, China). The dataset used are some 200.000 runs collected through the “My ASICS” app. I collaborated with Eric Holm (Kimogo), who was responsible for the web design.

What did I build?

I created the backend and import system for importing coordinates into the app and, on top of that, implemented and animated Eric's design using responsive HTML5 and AngularJS. The app is localized in multiple languages and uses Google's localized geocoder API. Both frontend and backend of the visualization run on Zotonic.