Designing data with a ‘post-infographic’ mindset
summary
Argues for a post-infographic practice that treats data as material not just chart fodder, using low‑fi, hand‑made methods and occasional code or ChatGPT for support. Shows a year of deer data postcards sent weekly (MoMA acquires the collection and the method reaches ~150,000 students), 192 patient‑room heart/lung prints for Royal papworth Hospital, a Maritime Museum stall that gathers 600 responses and yields 100 177 unique ships‑badges, a happiness archive printed at scale, a prizewinning tactile book and a room‑scale 500 cubic meters of sea installation.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:15Infographics to post-infographic
- 5:39Deer Data project
- 9:56Data collection as engagement
- 15:52Emotional check-ins with data
- 20:07Data art for hospitalized children
- 26:08Personalized medicine and biobanks
- 32:09Reimagining data books
- 36:01Ocean ecosystems visualization
- 41:39Key findings
- 42:41Practical tips
- 45:25Q&A
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