Reflections on the role of design in technology, data visualisation and knowledge production.
The Urban Complexity Lab is a research space between the Design Department and the Urban Futures Institute for Applied Research. While our main topic is data visualization, the lab positions itself at the intersection of design, technology and the humanities. Our aim is not only to conduct research into interactive data visualization but also to reflect on the research process and the context of their creation.
Boris Müller – co-director of the UCLAB – has started to write a series of essays under the general theme of »Thoughts on Visualization & Interaction Design«. The essays are consciously written from a design perspective. They deal with questions that we engage on a daily basis in our design process and in our research. Many of these questions and discussions are highly relevant for our work, but they seldom find their way into formal publications.
So the essay series »Thoughts on Visualization & Interaction Design« is an informal collection of observations and reflections on the role of design in the context of technology, data visualization and knowledge production.