
Articles
- “Beauty in Code. Graphic Design and the Aesthetics of Automation.” Book chapter in: Print Punch. Artefacts from the Punch Card Computing Era. (London: CentreCentre, 2020): 63-68.
- “Selektive Genauigkeit. Präzisionsentscheidungen in den Flow Maps von Charles Joseph Minard.” Book chapter in: Bruhn, Matthias; Hillnhütter, Sara (eds.), Bilder der Präzision. Praktiken der Verfeinerung in Technik, Kunst und Wissenschaft (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2018): 249-257.
- “Grossformat” with Nigel Holmes. Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 24th, 2018.
- “Erklär es mit der Augapfelsine.” Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 2nd, 2017.
- “Im Raum der tausend Stimmen. Kartografie als kollektiver Wissenspeicher.” Book chapter in: Klaus-Dieter Lehmann (ed.), Mein Ort in Deutschland. (Munich: Hueber Publishing, 2016): 14-18.
- “Verhalten Sie sich normal! Eine Schau über die Erfassung menschlicher Daten.” Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 14th, 2016.
- “Stenografie eines Lebens. Nicholas Feltons Feltron-Reports.“Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 9th, 2016.
- “Die bewegliche Stadt.”Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 2nd, 2016.
- “Auf den zweiten Klick.”Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 15th, 2015.
- “The Fifty Maps of Minard.”Book chapter in: Malofiej 22. International Infographic Awards (Pamplona: SND-E, 2015): 76-89.
- “Data provides insight, doesn’t it?”Op-ed in Observe. The Odgers Berndtson Global Magazine (Issue 01, 2015): 40.
Talks
- “Linie, Zeichen, Fläche: Informationsgrafik als Schnittstelle”, Talk at Meetup “Visual Systems” at Staatsbibliothek Berlin, February 16th, 2021
- “Viz in the Wild—What does history teach us about crafting great visualizations?” Keynote at Data Fest (Tbilisi/Online), December 15th, 2020
- “The Treasure Hunt. Defining the Rules of Data Viz.” Talk at S-H-O-W Conference (Utrecht/Online), November 27th, 2020
- Data Kolumna – Digital Salon of Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society: Panel discussion on the state of data journalism (in German) with Prof. Wiebke Loosen (Communications & media researcher) and Elena Erdmann (Data journalist at ZEIT ONLINE). May 27th, 2020 (video on Facebook)
- “Mind the Gap. Investigations into the Nature of Information Visualisation.” Keynote Talk at cyber conference What is Information?, University of Oregon, April 30th, 2020
- “A conversation on historical data visualization: Manuel Lima, Michael Friendly and Sandra Rendgen”, Webinar. April 24th, 2020 (Youtube)
- “Back to the Future. A very very brief history of information visualisation.” Talk at Berlin Data Vis Meetup, February 18th, 2020.
- “Seeing the Invisible: Visualization, Machine Learning and Storytelling”. Talk at Data Natives Conference, Berlin, November 25th, 2019.
- “Inventing the Future, One Visualisation At a Time.” Talk at idalab seminar #20, August 15th, 2019.
- “Teaming Up, Scaling Down. Models of Collaboration in the History of Infovis.” Talk at IC 2019, Hilversum, October 11th, 2019 (with Michael Stoll).
- “The History of Information Graphics.” Talk at 27th Malofiej conference, Pamplona, March 28th, 2019 (with Michael Stoll).
- “Inventing the future, one visualisation at a time.” Keynote talk at Information+ conference, Potsdam, October 21st, 2018.
- “Show, Don’t Tell. Visual Storytelling für Leute mit Köpfchen.” Workshop with communication designers, MPM2 Mainz, September 14, 2017 (with Ole Häntzschel).
- “Where Are We Headed?” Lightning talk at interdisciplinary workshop on the current state of diagrammatic research, Humboldt-University Berlin, March 9, 2017.
- “Suddenly this Overview. Remarks on the Future(s) of the Atlas.” Talk at interdisciplinary workshop The Future(s) of the Atlas, Institut für Länderkunde Leipzig, June 9, 2016.
- “Data Flow. Truth and Beauty in Data Visualization.” Workshop with business analysts, Axel-Springer-Verlag, December 9, 2015 (with Susanne Jaschko).
- “Mind the Gap. Transforming Knowledge into Visual Representations.” Keynote at Visualizing Knowledge Academic Symposium, University of Helsinki, September 11, 2015.
- “Age-old, brand-new. Visualizing knowledge through the centuries.” Keynote at Visualizing Knowledge Conference, Helsinki, September 10, 2015.
- “Data Visualization in the Age of Big Data: A Tale of Truth and Beauty.” Lecture at Rheinische Fachhochschule Cologne, April 23, 2015.
- “A Cartography of Flux. The Fifty Maps of Minard.” Talk at 22nd Malofiej Conference, Pamplona, March 26, 2015.
- “Smart Worlds. Infographics and the Visual Norm.” Talk at Infographics Conference 15, Zeist, March 11, 2015.
- “And Then What? Storytelling in Data Visualization.” Talk at Visualized.io conference, Berlin, October 5, 2013.