#87 Data Visualization, AI, Technology, and the Future Beyond Visuals with Paolo Ciuccarelli

APR 25, 202492 MIN
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#87 Data Visualization, AI, Technology, and the Future Beyond Visuals with Paolo Ciuccarelli

APR 25, 202492 MIN

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<p>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.</p><p>Your feedback matters - 1min: <a target="_blank" href="https://go.ggutt.com/talks">https://go.ggutt.com/talks</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Where to find Paolo:</strong></p><p>X: <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/pciuccarelli?lang=en">https://twitter.com/pciuccarelli?lang=en</a>LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolociuccarelli">https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolociuccarelli</a>Politecnico di Milano: <a target="_blank" href="https://dipartimentodesign.polimi.it/it/staff/show/42952">https://dipartimentodesign.polimi.it/it/staff/show/42952</a>Northeastern University: <a target="_blank" href="https://camd.northeastern.edu/people/paolo-ciuccarelli/">https://camd.northeastern.edu/people/paolo-ciuccarelli/</a>Density Design Lab: <a target="_blank" href="https://densitydesign.org/person/paolo-ciuccarelli/">https://densitydesign.org/person/paolo-ciuccarelli/</a>Instagram: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/pciuccarelli/">https://www.instagram.com/pciuccarelli/</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Maria + GGUTT:</strong></p><p>Linkedin: <a target="_blank" href="https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin">https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin</a>YouTube: <a target="_blank" href="http://go.ggutt.com/videos">http://go.ggutt.com/videos</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p><p>00:00:00 Introduction</p><p>02:16 How he got into Data Visualization</p><p>04:52 Discovering data and bringing it to life</p><p>05:26 The mission of making complexity visible</p><p>07:16 Hype around data visualization and data visualization people</p><p>09:30 Data visualization engineers or designers?</p><p>12:47 Education and the importance of data and making sense of it</p><p>15:02 The growing opportunity for education and data culture in that space</p><p>17:44 What is data or what it is not</p><p>20:17 Da a and visualization: it doesn’t end there</p><p>23:10 Context, complexity and types of complexity </p><p>24:17 Heath data</p><p>28:19 Data could be misleading and hurt</p><p>30:24 Understanding people and the context is why designers found a place in DV</p><p>33:29 Research, literature and knowing limitations</p><p>33:48 Data lakes, dashboards and complexity</p><p>35:13 Aspirational: big visualizations with more big data</p><p>35:52 Our relationship with data will change: narration, mediums and augmentation</p><p>39:25 Personalization, visualizing complexity with motion</p><p>40:17 Simplicity, complexity, tradeoffs even with organizational charts</p><p>45:55 Wayfinding through data: different interfaces for different purposes</p><p>51:48 Visualization is a not an end product</p><p>52:54 Paolo on his GGUTT feeling</p><p>56:48 Approaching projects, starting with the data</p><p>58:48 Starting with Why</p><p>01:00:00 Sometimes data should not be represented</p><p>01:01:54 Raw data is not raw</p><p>01:02:44 From wood to data, to training models to wearables and legos</p><p>01:06:26 Sensors, raw data and using Gen AI rather than working on it</p><p>01:09:59 The language around data in the industry: drawing from oil, gold and more</p><p>01:14:55 Questioning data origins</p><p>01:18:08 Datasets on the blockchain?</p><p>01:20:28 Views on VR and AR</p><p>01:22:39 Static, interactive, real-timevisualizations</p><p>01:27:10 Real-time can be seducitve </p><p>01:29:06 Data representation evolution</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://ggutt.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">ggutt.substack.com</a>