#87 Data Visualization, AI, Technology, and the Future Beyond Visuals with Paolo Ciuccarelli
Paolo Ciuccarelli, a communication designer and researcher, professor of design, founder of the Density Design Research Lab - an award-winning laboratory for data visualization and information design at Politecnico di Milano – as well as Founding Director of the Center for Design at Northeastern University.Your feedback matters - 1min: https://go.ggutt.com/talksWhere to find Paolo:X: https://twitter.com/pciuccarelli?lang=enLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolociuccarelliPolitecnico di Milano: https://dipartimentodesign.polimi.it/it/staff/show/42952Northeastern University: https://camd.northeastern.edu/people/paolo-ciuccarelli/Density Design Lab: https://densitydesign.org/person/paolo-ciuccarelli/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pciuccarelli/Maria + GGUTT:X: https://go.ggutt.com/xWebsite: ggutt.comLinkedin: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedinNotion: 🧠The Complete Business Innovation Pack for $1: https://cloud.ggutt.com/your-businessYouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videosTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction02:16 How he got into Data Visualization04:52 Discovering data and bringing it to life05:26 The mission of making complexity visible07:16 Hype around data visualization and data visualization people09:30 Data visualization engineers or designers?12:47 Education and the importance of data and making sense of it15:02 The growing opportunity for education and data culture in that space17:44 What is data or what it is not20:17 Da a and visualization: it doesn’t end there23:10 Context, complexity and types of complexity 24:17 Heath data28:19 Data could be misleading and hurt30:24 Understanding people and the context is why designers found a place in DV33:29 Research, literature and knowing limitations33:48 Data lakes, dashboards and complexity35:13 Aspirational: big visualizations with more big data35:52 Our relationship with data will change: narration, mediums and augmentation39:25 Personalization, visualizing complexity with motion40:17 Simplicity, complexity, tradeoffs even with organizational charts45:55 Wayfinding through data: different interfaces for different purposes51:48 Visualization is a not an end product52:54 Paolo on his GGUTT feeling56:48 Approaching projects, starting with the data58:48 Starting with Why01:00:00 Sometimes data should not be represented01:01:54 Raw data is not raw01:02:44 From wood to data, to training models to wearables and legos01:06:26 Sensors, raw data and using Gen AI rather than working on it01:09:59 The language around data in the industry: drawing from oil, gold and more01:14:55 Questioning data origins01:18:08 Datasets on the blockchain?01:20:28 Views on VR and AR01:22:39 Static, interactive, real-timevisualizations01:27:10 Real-time can be seducitve 01:29:06 Data representation evolution This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ggutt.substack.com