Seeing the Unseeable: Data, Design, Art maps the moment when data visualisation moved beyond utility — charting how 21st-century artists and designers have transformed the language of Big Data into a force reshaping contemporary visual culture.
About This Book
Big Data is no longer the exclusive territory of analysts and engineers — it has become one of the defining cultural conditions of our time. Seeing the Unseeable traces this shift, gathering works by a wide range of contemporary artists and designers who have turned the representation of vast information into a mode of expression. Moving from the origins of data visualisation in maps and graphic charts to its current status as an influential force in global visual literacy, the book reveals how abstraction, pattern, and scale have been reimagined as artistic material. This is essential reading for practitioners and thinkers at the intersection of information design, digital art, and contemporary culture.
Key Features
- 180 pages of full-colour works exploring data visualisation, information design, and contemporary art practice
- Edited by Julie Joyce, Stephen Nowlin, and Hyesoo Christina Valentine
- Features works by Refik Anadol, Giorgia Lupi, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Sarah Morris, Fernanda Viegas, and others
- Published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH
What You'll Discover
- How data visualisation evolved from a functional tool — maps and statistical charts — into an influential force within contemporary art and design
- The strategies artists use to make the invisible legible: rendering the scale, patterns, and flows of Big Data as visual and aesthetic experience
- The intersection of information and expression across a dynamic range of 21st-century creative practices
- How contemporary responses to data are transforming visual literacy across the global cultural landscape
About the Author
The volume is edited by Julie Joyce, Stephen Nowlin, and Hyesoo Christina Valentine. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 180
- Dimensions: 26.0 x 26.4 x 1.9 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783777445106
- Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Designers, digital artists, and cultural theorists with an interest in data visualisation, information design, and the expanding role of Big Data in contemporary creative practice.