In this pictorial, we present a method to facilitate handson physicalization processes during workshops. Data physicalization -encoding data in physical artefactsallows for new ways to represent and communicate data and, as a process, can make the principles of data representation more "graspable". In order to (1) engage different research communities to discuss data physicalization from a social and technology point of view, (2) promote data-driven prototyping, and (3) teach physicalization as a creative process in educational settings we have run hands-on data physicalization workshops within Human Computer Interaction, Information visualization and Design communities. Based on these workshops, we identified three main pitfalls that can cause participants to get stuck in the data preparation, ideation and construction phases. To address these, we designed a workshop to facilitate a rapid engagement in physicalization activities. Testing this method as part of another physicalization workshop shows its potential for participant engagement, prototyping and design reflection. Authors KeywordsData Physicalisation; Information Visualization; Creative workshop. [6,7,13,15,20,22] and projects within and outside academia [3]. Physicalization can be considered a thriving research area that raises new questions and opportunities to represent data in interactive and tangible ways to facilitate sense making and communication. However, it is also a practical process that enables people to actively think about datarelated analytical problems, e.g. how to maintain an awareness of data changes over time [12] -all the while experiencing the principles of data representation and communication in a hands-on way. In order to (1) engage different research communities to discuss the potential and challenges of data physicalization from a social and technology point of view, (2) promote data-driven prototyping among design practitioners, and (3) teach physicalization as a creative process of engaging with data in educational settings, we, together with other researchers and practitioners have organized a number of physicalization workshops , targeted at researchers [1,8,18], students [11,14,24], the general public [10,11], and local nongovernmental organisations [4]. Our goal was to engage our participants that came from multiple backgrounds in hands-on physicalization activities first to provide them with an experience of this unique way of exploring and representing data which would then ground deeper discussions around (research) questions [19,21] and challenges in this area. However, we found that integrating such activities into a short, typically, one-day workshop to be a challenge as multiple steps and skills are required: ACM Classification Keywords
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