Info We Trust: The Craft of Data Graphics

Thu Apr 17 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-04:00

The Rose Auditorium, in Cooper Union's New Academic Building | New York

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Info We Trust: The Craft of Data Graphics
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RJ Andrews in Conversation with Ellen Lupton at The Cooper Union
About this Event

Data graphics wrangle the chaos of data into intriguing forms bursting with clarity. Join RJ Andrews, author of Info We Trust (Visionary Press, 2025), in conversation with Ellen Lupton to discuss charts ranging from simple products of civilization to potent instruments of persuasion.

The event will be followed by a reception in an associated gallery exhibition that traces the evolution of the book and broadens its lens to celebrate the field of information design as a whole. Works by leading figures such as Shirley Wu, Nadieh Brehmer, Nigel Holmes, Zan Armstrong, Mona Chalabi, Giorgia Lupi, Data Vandals, and Kenneth Field showcase today’s expanding visual vocabulary alongside historic examples chosen for aesthetic and thematic resonance.

Copies of Info We Trust will be available for sale.

RJ Andrews is a San Francisco data storyteller, author, and lecturer. By day, he tackles high-stakes problems for clients like The White House and Google. By night, he studies the history of charts, maps, and diagrams. The overlap between Andrews’ hands-on real-world practice and deep historical research gave rise to his new book, Info We Trust. He is also author of Florence Nightingale: Health and Mortality Diagrams and series editor of Information Graphic Visionaries. He has taught his data graphics series at Cooper Union and Letterform Archive.

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Ellen Lupton is a designer, writer, and educator. Her books include Design Is Storytelling, Graphic Design Thinking, Health Design Thinking, and Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers. The third edition of her bestselling book Thinking with Type launches in March 2024. She teaches in the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (MICA), where she serves as the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz Design Chair. She is Curator Emerita at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, where her exhibitions included Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master and The Senses: Design Beyond Vision.

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The Rose Auditorium, in Cooper Union's New Academic Building, 41 Cooper Square, New York, United States

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