Giorgia Lupi, PhD

Information Designer

Dr. Giorgia Lupi is an award-winning information designer.

She co-founded Accurat, a data-driven design firm with offices in Milan and New York where she is the design director. She received her M-Arch at FAF in Ferrara, Italy, and earned a PhD in Design at Politecnico di Milano. Giorgia is co-author of Dear Data, an aspirational hand-drawn data visualization book. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where in 2017 she also has been commissioned an original site-specific art piece. She recently gave a TED Talk on her humanistic approach to data.

FAVORITE COLOR
Bright yellow together with grey-blue

SUPER POWER
“Giorgia is an illustrator who thinks like a computer, who works with machine-like precision but with the heart of a human being. She’s living in the modern world, using what her hands do best and making this wonderful synthesis.” – John Maeda

A SONG THAT STIRS MY HEART AND PUTS ME IN A GREAT MOOD
"Morning” by The Fields and “Doing the Wrong Thing” by Kaki King 

FAVORITE QUOTE
“Greatness is consistency driven by a deep love of the work.”  - Maria Popova

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