╳ SCIVIZ

╳ Hosted at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in Copenhagen, the 2012 Symposium on Scientific Visualisation (Sciviz) will feature a host of speakers and events celebrating scientific visualisations. Traditionally, art and illustration have played a key role in making scientific graphics; however recently the field of data visualisation has vastly grown with computer science, animation and graphic software, advanced art techniques and ever-expanding technologies that facilitate highly sophisticated tools to handle graphic design and data analysis. In fact, this area is now viewed as a fully-fledged genre.

╳ The symposium’s aim is to explore how connections between art, design and science inspire and advance research, innovation and working processes in scientific data visualisation; and amongst the speakers, Thread Count Lab’s Alessia Giardino will be sharing ideas and processes of her work in visualisation. Titled ‘Concrete And Nanotechnology: Shaping Sustainable Surfaces Through Design,’ Alessia will discuss how she focuses on innovation, and materials in particular, to highlight their sensorial and aesthetic features. Talks and discussions will also address how visual ideas and intentions are transformed by the use of different tools and technologies and how to meet the challenges of cross-discipline collaborations in the aim of establishing best practices for the community to create, perceive and understand visualisations.

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Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen

Concrete Wallpaper, Alessia Giardino

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