Crafting Visualizations

Dealing with data – big and small – has become an integral part of our digital society. Industry, science, politics and individuals are constantly generating data. One of the most important tools for making sense of the data are visualizations.

Creating visualizations is not only a technical challenge – it is also a design challenge. In my talk I will argue that in order to create meaningful, interactive and aesthetic data visualizations, they need to be crafted by designers who understand data, programming, statistics as well as visual communication and interaction design.

Speaker Details

Prof. Boris Müller has a Diploma in Graphic Design from the Hochschule für Künste Bremen (College of Art and Design Bremen, Germany) and a MA in Computer Related Design from the Royal College of Art London. He has worked for a number of international clients and companies like MetaDesign San Francisco, the Science Museum London and the Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication in Bonn. After being a visiting Professor at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, he became a Professor for Interaction Design at the Interface Design programm at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. His design work has received several international awards.

Web: http://interface.fh-potsdam.de (DE) http://idl.fh-potsdam.de (EN) http://esono.com (EN)

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Boris Müller
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Fachhochschule Potsdam
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