Have You Been Stalked by Katelyn Lee?
Creative Code · UI
A search-based web experience that turns personal browsing data into a confrontational, participatory interface.
KATELYN LEE IS ONLINE documents and analyzes six months of browser history, translating 24,740 entries into publications, data visualizations, and an interactive website.
Built using HTML, CSS, and Paged.js, the project examines how digital traces accumulate over time and what happens when online behavior is transformed into physical form.
Design
The visual system uses indexing, repetition, and categorization to transform personal data into a structured publication series across 72 unique topics.
All publications were generated using HTML, CSS, and Paged.js, using the browser as both design and printing tool.
Outcome
- Three printed publications (including two 500-page index volumes and one data visualization book)
- A poster and supporting visualizations translating select data into public-facing formats
- A web-based project, Have You Been Stalked By Katelyn Lee?, extending the dataset into an interactive experience
Context
Role
Designer & Developer
Duration
8 months
Skills
HTML, CSS, Paged.js, p5.js, InDesign, Photoshop, Bookbinding
Collaborators
Elaine Lopez (Thesis Advisor)
Annotation
Each entry was manually categorized using a custom topic key, building a structured system through iterative tagging.
Data Collection
24,740 browser history entries were exported and compiled over six months.
Visualization
The third publication translates data into visual forms, contextualizing and humanizing patterns as moments of lived experience and relatability.
Covers
Each volume’s cover functions as a data visualization of its contents, translating the indexed material into a surface-level graphic. The exterior reflects the structure within, allowing the system to be read before the book is opened.
Observation
The project suggests that digital traces construct versions of identity that are partial, flattened, and open to interpretation.
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