"Giorgia Lupi. Data Humanism" exhibition in a Vicenza
Rekindling its long-standing partnership with Associazione Illustri, the Gallerie d’Italia in Vicenza presents the original works of Giorgia Lupi (Finale Emilia, 1981), in nine exhibition rooms on the second floor. The artist holds a Master’s degree in Architecture and a PhD in Design from Milan Polytechnic. An internationally acclaimed information designer, her work centres on the philosophy of Data Humanism, an approach that aims to bring empathy and the human context into data analysis.
Data Humanism recognises the human side of data, acknowledging that even the most technical datasets are rooted in human actions and decisions: this approach encourages the design of communications that consider context, qualitative storytelling and even flaws. Lupi has been a partner at the “Pentagram” design studio in New York, where she leads an information design team that explores data as a visual language to tell stories and shape brand missions, since 2019.
Giorgia Lupi was awarded the ADI Compasso d’oro in 2025 and has been nominated three times by Wallpaper magazine as one of the 400 most creative people who have shaped America with their work. Some of her works are featured in the permanent collection of the MOMA. The exhibition will trace the artist’s career, from her early work with her Milan-based agency “Accurat” to her recent successes in New York, where she has lived and worked for over ten years. Starting with her research and exploring her sketchbooks, her manifesto on “Data Humanism” will explain her philosophy and approach, taking us on a journey through some of her best-known projects.
We will see how seemingly small and personal data items can become a story that concerns us all (“Dear Data”, the project in collaboration with artist Stefanie Posavec, which is now part of the permanent collection at New York’s MoMA, for example, or “1,374 days: my life with long Covid” for The New York Times, which was recently awarded the 2025 ADI Compasso d’Oro).
Similarly, we will see how the visualisation of data can explain global issues that may seem distant but have a real impact on the lives of each and every one of us (such as the major climate changes explored in the installation “Room of Change”, created for the 22nd Milan Triennale, or the data visuals created for “La Lettura” in “Corriere della Sera”). Lastly, following a section of the exhibition where we will see data come to life and its visualisation transformed into physical objects such as rugs, clothes and tiles, the last room of the exhibition will invite visitors to directly and interactively answer a series of questions about the future and artificial intelligence – a way of exploring the future from the visitor's own perspective and of reminding us, once again, that data tells stories: the stories of people.
Educational activities and workshops for schools and visitors, family labs, talks with artists and a series of meetings scheduled as part of the free #INSIDE programme will also be organised and open to the public.
The first talk, with the artist in attendance, will take place on Wednesday 29 April at 7.00 p.m.
Giorgia Lupi. Biography
Giorgia Lupi (1981 - ) is an information designer and Partner at Pentagram in New York.
Giorgia grew up in Modena, Italy. After graduating with a master's degree in Architecture, she went on to complete a PhD in Design at Milan Polytechnic. She co-founded Accurat, an internationally renowned data-driven design studio with offices in Milan and New York, in 2011, before joining Pentagram in 2019.
Giorgia’s work revolves around her Data Humanism philosophy, which was the subject of her first TED Talk in 2017. Her second TED Talk, “What Long Covid has Taught Me About Life (and Data)”, was published in 2024.
Her collaborative personal data collection project, “Dear Data”, is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, where she was also commissioned by Paola Antonelli, in 2017, to create an original site-specific work. In 2024, she published “1,374 Days: My life with long COVID”, a visual Op-Ed for the New York Times, which received the prestigious Compasso d’Oro award in 2025.
She is co-author of Dear Data, Observe, Collect, Draw – A Visual Journal, This is Me and Only Me and of her latest book, Speak Data. Giorgia has also created a unique art book for the Moleskine Foundation. Entitled Book of Life, it tells her story through data represented by thousands of colourful embroidery stitches.
She has been the subject of profiles in The New Yorker, and her work has been featured in Vogue, Vanity Fair and Forbes, among others, for her collaboration with & Other Stories, as well as appearing in the Roku docuseries Full Bleed.
In 2018, FastCompany named Giorgia one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business”; that same year, she also joined the MIT Media Lab as a Director’s Fellow. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on New Metrics, of the Royal Society of Arts, and National Geographic Explorer. She sits on the advisory council of the Data Visualization Society.
She has been nominated three times by Wallpaper as one of the 400 most creative people who are shaping America. She won the 2022 National Design Award for communication design, presented by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. In the same year, she received an honorary degree in Fine Arts from MICA, the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2024, she was invited to become a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
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