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Category: Design
Book Review: “Dear Data” (Penguin)
To craft something requires skills, mastery and patience. It means to create something step by step, with a passion for … More
Article: “Nervous Systems” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
If you need brain food, some irritation and some art for inspiration – the House of World Cultures in Berlin … More
Article: “The Feltron Annual Reports” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Nicholas Felton‘s work has been an inspiration to many people in the field of information visualisation, not only when he … More
Article: “Ephemeral City” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Urban cartography has long been an authoritative matter: companies or authorities invested time, energy and money in researching the data … More
Jury Member: “Information is Beautiful Awards” (London)
I felt honoured to be part of the jury of this year’s “Kantar Information Is Beautiful Awards”. The awards’ winners … More
Teaching: “Diagrams, Maps, Trees” (Potsdam)
This semester, I have the great pleasure to teach again within the interface design programme of the University of Applied … More
Book Review: “Map. Exploring the World” (Phaidon)
When I think about cartography, I am always fascinated by the different associations the term evokes in my brain: from … More
Talk: “Bigger! Smarter! Better?” (Köln)
The Rheinische Fachhochschule in Cologne, one of the oldest of its kind in Germany, invited me to talk as part of … More
Book: “Understanding the World – The Atlas of Infographics”
Yes, I am quite excited to announce the release of my second collaboration with TASCHEN publishing, “Understanding the World. The … More
Exhibition: “Micropia” (Amsterdam)
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.
Interview Jer Thorp: “Let the data speak”
For a few years now, Canadian-born Jer Thorp has been working on the forefront of data visualisation, creating ever new … More
Interview Moritz Stefaner: “The city is alive”
Moritz Stefaner came to the field of data visualisation with a background in cognitive science and interface design. His works … More
Inspiration: “The Art of Memory” at Victoria & Albert Museum
I am very much into all things related to structuring information & visual storytelling. So it is exciting to hear … More
Book Review: Generative Logos
Even though tools like “Processing” have been out there for a while, computational design is still a rather new strand … More
Inspiration: Interactive Network Graph from MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is a fascinating brand name in the museum world. Since it … More
Inspiration: Google Chrome Experiment “OZ”
In their quest to explore opportunities arising from the latest web technologies, Google has released a new experiment for their … More
