Andrea Benedetti
Post doc fellow
PhD Student in Design at the Politecnico di Milano, he’s affiliated to DensityDesign Lab where he started as Junior Research Assistant in 2019. He works at the intersection of data visualization, creative coding and communication design. He worked on interfaces for the curatorial and serendipitous exploration for digital archives of cultural heritage and is now focusing on the role of interfaces and the role of design in general in shaping awareness on how data is produced online by users. His teaching efforts are focused on teaching data visualization to students of various backgrounds, as well as creative coding as an expressive practice for designers. From 2017, he collaborates with the Digital Methods Initiative at the University of Amsterdam.
Research projects
Italo Calvino Atlas. Literature and Visualization
Genetic Networks of Gustave Roud's Literary Works
Bìos. Sistema Design Italia for ADI Design Museum
Data-driven community engagement per Wiki Loves Monuments
GAFAM Empire. An exploration of acquisitions by big tech companies
MILSR. Media and Information Literacy for Societal Resilience through Europe-wide Library Networks
Research groups
DensityDesign