Can Data Be Human? The Work of Giorgia Lupi

Her work, consistent with her upbringing, brings a tactile feel to computer code, and her appointment is an occasion to assess information design—a field located between graphic design and data science—and the possibilities it holds. Many people outside of the design world first encountered Lupi’s work through a side project: her year-long correspondence with the London-based data designer Stefanie Posavec, “a friendship in 52 weeks of postcards,” collected in the 2016 book “Dear Data.” Two of Lupi’s upcoming projects do, in fact, grapple with the questions of power and how data visualization might help, in different ways.

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