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

Publication ● 2022
in: Konferenzband zur DHd2022: Kulturen des digitalen Gedächtnisses

Von der Wolke zum Pfad: Visuelle und assoziative Exploration zweier kultureller Sammlungen

Die in den letzten Jahren entstandenen explorativen Visualisierungen musealer Sammlungen widmen sich zumeist einzelnen Sammlungen, welche oft einer spezifischen Systematik folgen und eine geringe Vielfalt an Objektgattungen und Attributen aufweisen. …
Publication ● 2020
museum4punkt0 Ergebnisse

Visuelle Exploration zweier musealer Sammlungen

Die Neukonzeption der Online-Sammlungen der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin ist eines der wichtigsten und umfassendsten Projekte innerhalb des Teilprojekts Visitor Journeys neu gedacht . Ziel ist es, die Objekte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin auch im …
Publication ● 2017
Information Design Journal. 23:1

One view is not enough: High-level visualizations of a large cultural collection

As cultural institutions are digitizing their artifacts and interlinking their collections, new opportunities emerge to engage with cultural heritage. However, it is the often comprehensive and complex nature of collections that can make it …
Publication ● 2017
DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly. 11:2

Past Visions and Reconciling Views: Visualizing Time, Texture and Themes in Cultural Collections

We present a case study on visualizing a collection of historic drawings along its metadata structure while also allowing for close examination of the artifacts’ texture. With regards to the specific character of cultural heritage at the …
Publication ● 2017
in: Konferenzband zur DHd 2017 Bern - Digitale Nachhaltigkeit

Von sammlungsspezifischen Visualisierungen zu nachnutzbaren Werkzeugen

Die Entwicklung digitaler Werkzeuge lässt sich als wichtiger Teilbereich in den Digital Humanities identifizieren (Davis und Kräutli 2015; Schnapp et al. 2009). Entsprechende Forschung und Projektarbeit steht dabei komplexen Herausforderungen …
Publication ● 2016
Proceedings of the IEEE VIS Arts Program, VISAP'16

Staged Analysis: From Evocative to Comparative Visualizations of Urban Mobility

In this paper we examine the concept of staged analysis through a case study on visualizing urban mobility exhibited in a public gallery space. Recently, many cities introduced bike-sharing in order to promote cycling among locals and visitors. We …
Publication ● 2016
in: International Journal for Digital Art History; No 2

Linking structure, texture and context in a visualization of historical drawings by Frederick William IV (1795-1861)

In this article we present a case study on digital representation of the art historical research and metadata brought together for a scientific collection catalogue by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg. The resulting …

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.