Conversations about data can be pretty dry, but not when you’re talking to Giorgia Lupi—an information designer and partner at world-renowned design firm Pentagram. In this episode of Design Tangents we get to hear about her passion for crafting data into humane, engaging and exciting visualizations and the opportunities for data to enhance creativity as well. She also uses data to track things in her …
We are thrilled to announce that our podcast Design Tangents—hosted by COOL HUNTING founders Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten—launches today. Design Tangents is produced in partnership with SURROUND, the design-focused podcast network, and the first season is presented by Genesis. > A show that seeks to uncover and discover, Design Tangents features conversations with designers, artists, musicians, tech pioneers and creative thinkers, including Nick Cave and …
When data-obsessed designer and artist Giorgia Lupi wound up in isolation over the holidays, she turned to her craft. For each of the 10 days that she spent quarantined from the rest of the world, she made an artwork. On canvas, she painted and stitched different shapes, colors and patterns to represent different elements of her day—from activities to her mood and beyond. She states, …
