Giorgia Lupi on Design, Data Humanism, and Post-Lockdown Creativity
Giorgia Lupi, an Italian information designer based in New York and a partner at Pentagram, shares her insights on how design adapted during the COVID-19 lockdown and Phase 2. She co-founded Accurat in 2011, and her TED talk advocating for a humanistic perspective on data has garnered over a million views. Recognized as one of the 100 most creative individuals in 2018, she serves as a Director's Fellow at MIT Media Lab and is part of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on New Metrics. Her work is included in MoMA's permanent collection and has been showcased worldwide. Throughout the lockdown, she focused on creating optimistic speculative projects centered on essential elegance and data humanism, anticipating a transformed energy in New York.
Key facts
- Giorgia Lupi is an Italian information designer and partner at Pentagram in New York.
- She co-founded Accurat in 2011, a data research and design firm with offices in Milan and New York.
- Her TED talk on humanistic data has over one million views.
- She was named one of the 100 most creative people in the world in 2018.
- She is a Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on New Metrics.
- Her work is in MoMA's permanent collection and has been exhibited at Centre Pompidou, Design Museum, and others.
- During lockdown, she shifted from observation to creating positive speculative projects.
- She believes design opens opportunities and improves data literacy.
Entities
Artists
- Giorgia Lupi
Institutions
- Pentagram
- Accurat
- MIT Media Lab
- World Economic Forum
- MoMA
- Design Museum
- Science Museum
- Somerset House
- Centre Pompidou
- Storefront for Art and Architecture
- Triennale Design Museum
- Petach Tikva Museum of Art
- Artribune
Locations
- New York
- Milan
- London
- Paris
- Israel
- Petach Tikva