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Designing Mars: Transforming Scientific Data Into Human Understanding

January 8, 2026

Mars is easy to measure but hard to understand. Numbers can describe it, but they don’t bring it closer. My mars data visualization project…

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Analytics Products Will Never Be Truly Human-Centered Until the Workplaces Behind Them Are

December 17, 2025

I’ve been really excited to see a shift in analytics and business intelligence around more integration of human-centred design, ethics, and accessibility. I learn…

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From Metrics to Mood: The Emotional Story in A HYROX Race

December 2, 2025

In the world of sports performance, data is everywhere. Watches track heart rates, apps monitor recovery, and race platforms log every split and second.…

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In the Shadow of Edmund Halley: Solar Eclipses, Citizen Science, and Qualitative Dataviz

November 19, 2025

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse crossed North America from the Pacific Coast of Mexico to the island of Newfoundland, off the…

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Mapping Change: How One Design Studio Navigated 20 Years at the Forefront of a Changing Industry

November 17, 2025

Applied Works is a London-based design studio celebrating their 20th anniversary. I sat down recently with founders Joe Sharpe and Paul Kettle to discuss…

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Data Visualization & Affective Computing. Design That Manipulates Emotions or Design That Helps Reflect on Emotions?

November 6, 2025

What are emotions and how design is connected Emotions are complex. They are not feelings nor are they desires. I’ll define emotions as a…

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From Pixels to Parks: The Intersection of Data Visualisation and Urban Greening

November 4, 2025

Italian designer, Bruno Munari, famously argued that “Art shall not be separated from life: things that are good to look at, and bad to…

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LA on the Move: Data Vandals Bring Wildlife and Humans Together at Union Station

October 27, 2025

The relationship between nature and the city is often framed as a tension – wilderness versus concrete, animals versus humans. But what if we…

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Exploring Data Detective Practices as a Class Activity

October 24, 2025

We reflect on our experiences arising from a recent computer science graduate class about data feminism, during which we explored the idea of being…

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Breaking Stereotypes in Women’s Football

October 14, 2025

It was 2015, a year that has been etched into my memory. Barcelona had just conquered football, sweeping La Liga, the Copa del Rey,…

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