I am an author and editor based in Berlin. My themes are data visualisation and interactive media.
Timelines seem like such a „natural idea“ these days that we don’t even notice their ubiquity anymore: Facebook timeline, news feeds, graphic interfaces for back-up versions – how did anyone manage their life before there were things like this? Timelines are a universal concept…
I stumbled upon this severe beauty of a tree diagram in the Beinecke digital collections and was immediately thrilled about this hidden gem from 1608. Then I never came around to really studying it — until just now…
The Earth is roughly four and a half billion years old. During most of that time—i.e. over the course of some four billion years—the geological and biological development on our planet happened unbelievably slow. How can we possibly form even a faint idea of this unimaginable process that is the history of the Earth?
The interwar period in Europe was marked by a whirlwind of contradicting social influences and political turmoil. Revolutionary and socialist … More
To craft something requires skills, mastery and patience. It means to create something step by step, with a passion for … More
If you need brain food, some irritation and some art for inspiration – the House of World Cultures in Berlin … More
Nicholas Felton‘s work has been an inspiration to many people in the field of information visualisation, not only when he … More
Urban cartography has long been an authoritative matter: companies or authorities invested time, energy and money in researching the data … More
I felt honoured to be part of the jury of this year’s “Kantar Information Is Beautiful Awards”. The awards’ winners … More
This semester, I have the great pleasure to teach again within the interface design programme of the University of Applied … More
When I think about cartography, I am always fascinated by the different associations the term evokes in my brain: from … More
The Rheinische Fachhochschule in Cologne, one of the oldest of its kind in Germany, invited me to talk as part of … More
Yes, I am quite excited to announce the release of my second collaboration with TASCHEN publishing, “Understanding the World. The … More
Together with Berlin-based ART+COM studios, we had the great opportunity to create several media installations for an exhibition which I thought had a genial concept: MICROPIA. Conceived as a permanent show within the zoo in Amsterdam, it presents knowledge about animals whom we share our lives with but never see – microbes.
For a few years now, Canadian-born Jer Thorp has been working on the forefront of data visualisation, creating ever new … More
Moritz Stefaner came to the field of data visualisation with a background in cognitive science and interface design. His works … More
I am very much into all things related to structuring information & visual storytelling. So it is exciting to hear … More
Even though tools like “Processing” have been out there for a while, computational design is still a rather new strand … More
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is a fascinating brand name in the museum world. Since it … More
In their quest to explore opportunities arising from the latest web technologies, Google has released a new experiment for their … More
