Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Spreadsheets suck, so Google Sheets was used for art instead


When you hear the word 'spreadsheet,' a cold sweat likely breaks out (unless you're an accountant or data nerd, of course). They're boring, but necessary - and Google turned them into art. In collaboration with Refinery 29, Google wanted to bring two artists together under the auspice that they'd create art in Sheets, the spreadsheet tool inside of Google Docs. Google asked the two artists - Marina Esmeraldo of Barcelona, and Mallory Heyer in New York - to “break the grid.” The idea was to push Sheets to its limits, but not with numbers or datasets. After a few Hangouts…

This story continues at The Next Web


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