Portrait of Christopher Pietsch

Christopher Pietsch

Interface Design & Visualization

Christopher is a Berlin based interaction designer who crafts unique digital experiences. His passion for interfaces goes beyond the digital layer as he tries to connect the physical with the digital world.

Website chrispie.com/

He studied Computer Science at the HTW Berlin, Interaction Design at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and holds a Bachelor’s degree for his thesis on Brain-Computer-Interfaces. As a freelance information and interaction designer he now explores novel types of visualization metaphors. Selected projects include Border Bumping, a work of dislocative media together with Julian Oliver, NZZ Wandelhalle, a data journalism piece showing lobbying in Switzerland, and Liquidata, a multi-device visualization of personal paths in the city.

Projects

A Visual Exploration of Two Museum Collections

Juxtaposing Fine Art Paintings with Everyday Artifacts

Close-Up Cloud

Gaining a Sense of Overview from Many Details

VIKUS Viewer

Explore cultural collections along time, texture and themes

GEI-Digital Visualized

Visualizing a Digital Library of Historical Textbooks

Past Visions

Penned by Frederick William IV

cf. city flows

A Comparative Visualization of Urban Bike Mobility

VIKUS

Visualizing Cultural Collections

Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek visualisiert

What Does a Cultural Collection of Over 7 Million Objects Look Like?

Publications

Activities

Conference Talks ● 1 Mar 2022

DHd

We participate in DHd 2022 to present our latest digital humanities research from the projects Restaging Fashion, A visual exploration of two museum collections, and SoNAR (IDH).

Exhibition ● 6 Dec – 2 Jun 2020

MKG Hamburg

The Close-Up Cloud visualization is part of The Second Original exhibition at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG).

Exhibition ● 13 Jan – 12 Mar 2018

cf. city flows

cf. city flows is on display in The Art of Networks III exhibition in Boston.