Máster en Data Design

• 1. Foundations

Six modules will provide a basis and a shared perspective onInformation design and data visualisation. At the same time,we think about what kind of images we produce and put theminto practice.
1.1 Data as raw material - Statistics1.2 Space as data - Cartography1.3 The hidden link - Networks1.4 Data Visualization1.5 Data Representation1.6 Visual Explanation

• 2. Master project

During a whole semester, you will have the opportunity to makeyour ideas come true, put into practice what you have learnedduring the course, and use the city of Barcelona as a field forexperimentation, data collection, and laboratory.2.1 Data Experience2.2 Data Communication2.3 Theoretical and methodological research framework2.4 Design Criticism

• 3. Perspectives

Things don’t just happen; the information surrounding us has beenmediated and handpicked; it has context and purpose. We willstudy the design of information through a critical lens, with thecertainty that it can be read in many ways and affects us in manyothers. Sociology, philosophy, and cultural analysis will help usshed some inquisitive light on a world made up of information.3.1 Critical Media3.2 Data Boundaries3.3 Data for the Common Good3.4 Audiovisual3.5 Storytelling

• 4. Projects

Information design is like a matryoshka: smaller individual problems within each problem. We will work on some of them with thehelp of experts in tutored projects that address specific topics.
4.1 Information Systems4.2 Data Beyond Screens4.3 Symbolic Alphabet / Iconography

• 5. Workshops

5.1 Who’s Afraid Of Technology?5.2 Data Journalism5.3 Degree Showcase

• 6. Capsules

Data is everywhere; in how we move and what we listen to. We willexplore different fields where data and information are present andconfigure their environment.6.1 Data & Nature6.2 Data & Drawing6.3 Data & Performance6.4 Data & Processing6.5 Data & Sound

• 7. Events

To listen is to learn. Especially when professionals, emerging orconsolidated, share their life experiences through their professional careers. Inspiration has to find you working, but also listening.
7.1 International lectures7.2 Masters’ Talks