According to Giorgia Lupi's biography, the mission of data humanism -- "data-driven," "visual narratives," and "storytelling"-- is that: "'data has the capacity to make us all more human - advancing our intelligence, engagement, and delight.'”
Giorgia Lupi was in born in 1981 in Italy. Some of her educational milestones are recieving her "Master's Degree in architecture at Facoltà di Architettura at Università di Ferrara and her Doctorate in Design at Politecnico di Milano, where she focused on information mapping." From this, Lupi moved to co-founding Accurat, "a data visualization design and development studio." Accurat is only a portion of the great work that Lupi has been a part of and accomplished.
Giorgia Lupi's areas of expertise are, of course, data humanism and information design. In addition to her academic accolades and accomplishments, she gained her special experience through collaborations, research, long studies, and use of previous data and information. She remains original throughout her work, isnpired by the work around her, turning what already exists to more expressive, and story-like ways. According to her website, "What sets Giorgia apart is her humanistic appraoch to the world of data. Data is considered to be impersonal, boring, and clinical, but her work proves the opposite."
Giorgia Lupi does the work she does to make data more personal, accessible, and understandable. According to The New Yorker,Lupi's work, "speaks to a generation," mine, "that is overwhelmed by input."
Her work seems to focus on data equality, power, and visualization. While allowing for this, mentioned multiple times: humanistic aspect, Lupi questions the following, included in The New Yorker:
Data humanism is not something that I think I would be introduced to had I been given this project in AP&R with Mr. Nauman. He provided us with a link to an overview of something called the Eyeo Festival, “a yearly conference for artists who work with data and code.”
The class was supposed to find an artist that inspired them, learn more about them and their work, and then create something of their own and use a coding skill we have learned this year. I spent some time going through the individual and wonderful artists, but one artist, more specifically her work, that stuck out to me was Giorgia Lupi and data humanism.
What initially fascinated me about her work was the aesthetic and new appeal for the data she was working with.
What fascinated me more about Lupi’s work was the questions it posed, and the room for application in my own life and other interests such as diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
For how I incorporated this into Hewitt's community, and the process, click here or the "Senior Project Video" tab!