Designing and playing with data
ABOUT
Recently named one of campaign’s
30 creative female leaders.
I am a designer, illustrator, and creative director based in London.
I have been enjoying working with public organisations, start-ups, agencies and global brands. After leading the design team at Signal Noise, a data design agency part of the Economist Group, I recently returned to run my own practice full-time.
Pursuing imaginative and compelling visual language, my practice focuses on information design and data visualisation and my work takes many forms – from theatre productions and exhibitions to editorial content and interactive platforms.
In 2013, I published The Infographic History of the World. The book is the result of a collaboration with data-journalist James Ball. Available in nine different languages, it is the first attempt to illustrate history and human evolution through data visualisation and infographic storytelling.
My artwork has also become part of the permanent collection of the largest anthropological museum in Austria, The Weltmuseum Wien.
I have had the opportunity to share my work at various international events, and leading workshops attended by students and professionals, including a series of Masterclasses with The Guardian.
TALKS
2019
Encode, London
d3 Unconf, Chicago
DXN – New Adventures Conference, Nottingham
2018
Information+ Conference, Potsdam, Germany
National Design Conference, ND2C, Pakistan
Decode, London
EDCH, Munich
D&AD Workshop, London
2017
Eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Financial Times, London
Dataviz meet up, London
Visualized, Milan
2016
QuantumBlack, London
VR Centre, London
2015
Dataviz Summit, Sheffield
Cypres, Belgium
ICA Symposium: Bureaucracy, London
Data Rave, London
2014
Visualized, London
London College of Communication, London
Google EMEA IA Summit, Dublin
Rave Late, London
Technoport, Trondheim, Norway
Information Design Conference, London
2013
YCN, Londons
Behance Portfolio Review at SapientNitro, London
AWARDS
2019
The Brain: A user’s guide
Silver, The European Design Awards
2018
Reimagine the Game
Gold, Information is Beautiful Awards
2017
Oddityviz
Silver, Information is Beautiful Awards
2013
Poppy Field
Outstanding Achievement Award, IMA
Shortlist, The FWA
Honourable Mention, Awwwards
Honourable Mention, Information is Beautiful Awards
The Infographic History of the World
Winner Visual Communication, Core77 Design Awards
Bronze, European Design Awards
Bronze, Malofiej22
2012
Shell Eco-marathon
Gold, DBA Design Effectiveness Awards
Role: Art Director (part of the creative team @Imagination)
2011
Hardwords for Pfizer
Best of Health Digital Media, IPA
Role: Designer (part of the creative team @Rapp London)
Eczema Explorer
Bronze, Digital Media, IPA
Role: Designer (part of the creative team@Rapp London)
JUDGING
2019
Fabrik Awards
2018
Information is Beautiful Awards
Association of Illustrator Awards
2017
D&AD Students Awards
PRESS, INTERVIEWS & EDITORIAL FEATURES
2019
Computer Arts | All Over the Map
2018
Data Stories | OddityViz
Designboom | OddityViz pays tribute to David Bowie with dataviz records
Adweek | Stunning Data-Driven Breakdown of ‘Space Oddity’
Visual News | You need to see this amazing data-driven tribute to David Bowie
2017
La Lettura, Corriere della Sera | OddityViz
2016
BBC Science Focus | New Year, New You?
BBC Science Focus | When does Spring begin?
2014
Wired | Infoporn: World Television Translated. September Issue Page 55-56
Wired | The Stress Nexus. September Issue Page 20-21
2013
The Guardian | Studying Statistics. Page 10-11
The Sunday Times Magazine | Vital Sign Series, 6 issues
The Guardian | Who is leading the arms race
2008
.Net Magazine Issue 178 | Makeover
BOOK FEATURES
2017
The Book of Circle. Manuel Lima, Princeton Architectural Press
2016
Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design. Andy Kirk, SAGE Publications.
2015
Infographic Design in Media. Images Publishing Group
2014
The Best American Infographics. Houghton Mifflin
Infographics — Designing & Visualizing Data. Sandu Publishing
Amazing Layout Design. Dopress Books
2012
Unknown Disorder. Index Book. Offf Festival
2011
Data Visualization. Do/Work Publishing
Data Flow v. 2. Gestalten
Designing Diagrams.Bis Publisher
2010
OFFF 10th anniversary book. Index Book
EXHIBITIONS
2017
Wieden+Kennedy | OddityViz
2016
House of Vans | ’17 UN Global Goals
2013
Kemistry Gallery | The Infographic History of the World