Stefanie Posavec (born 1981) is an information designer and artist living in London.
Stefanie Posavec. Courtesy of Stefanie Prosavec.
She loves turning data and information into pictures and art by showing how art and data can come together in a special way. Her works have been shown in lots of different places, such as hospitals, museums, and on TV.
Gallery view of Dear Data project in MoMA’s Search Engines exhibition. Courtesy of Stefanie Prosavec.
In 2016, Stefanie worked with Giorgia Lupi to write a book called “Dear Data.” They spent a year making hand-drawn pictures out of their own personal data. It won the “Most Beautiful” project award at the Information is Beautiful Awards in 2015. It was even up for a big award at the Design Museum in 2016. The Museum of Modern Art decided to keep “Dear Data” forever as part of their collection. In collaboration with Miriam Quick, Stefanie authored another book titled “I am a book. I am a portal to the universe,” which is filled with interactive pictures and charts that make learning about science exciting. The book was recognized by the Financial Times in 2020 as one of its best books and also received an award from the Royal Society in 2021. Stefanie has worked with famous people such as Yayoi Kusama, Greta Thunberg, and Haruki Murakami, creating color books that blend data with art in a unique and visually appealing way. Stefanie’s art has been shown in MoMA, the Centre Pompidou, the V&A, and elsewhere. She also runs workshops that are easy for everyone, no matter how much they know about art or data.
Cover and text layout designed by Stefanie Posavec. Courtesy of Stefanie Prosavec.
“I am a book. I am a portal to the universe.” Courtesy of Stefanie Prosavec.
Data drawing class. Courtesy of Stefanie Prosavec.
The cofounder of Dark Swan Institute, Tea Uglow (born 1975) blends the realms of art and digital innovation.
Tea Uglow. Photo by Simon Tang.
As the Creative Director at Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney, Australia, she’s played a pivotal role in several groundbreaking projects by exploring novel approaches to visual storytelling.
Editions at Play by Google Creative Lab. Branding by Universal Everything.
Born in 1975 in Kent, England, Tea Uglow started coding at six, balancing a passion for art-related activities. During her years at the University of Oxford, she focused on fine arts. Tea Uglow joined Google in 2006. Her role at the time was simple enough: work on the company’s PowerPoint slides. Google soon recognized her talent and had her found the first Creative Lab in London in 2007. Five years later, Tea Uglow opened the second Creative Lab in Sydney. One of her most known works is Editions at Play, an exploration of digital books that received the Peabody Futures Award. She’s also the mind behind SemiConductor, YouTube Symphony Orchestra, Midsummer Night’s Dreaming, and many others. A passionate advocate for inclusivity and a renowned communicator, Tea Uglow champions the use of technology to amplify marginalized voices. She co-authored the trans pride flag emoji proposal to Unicode and wrote the anthology “Great LGBTQ+ Speeches”.
A screenshot from the Semi-Conductor, a virtual AI-powered orchestra. The experiment is courtesy of Google. The screenshot was made by our team.
A cover of the “Great LGBTQ+ Speeches” book by Tea Uglow. White Lion Publishing.