Awards and Honors
Freedom of the City of London
A surreal experience to receive the Freedom of the City of London from the Lord Mayor Professor Michael Mainelli. An honor that dates back to 1237, alongside a group of outstanding individuals across science and culture. This recognition for my work and passion which lies in exploring and communicating complex ideas with data at the intersection of Science and Art, is incredibly motivating for me as a Data Visualisation Designer, Map-maker and Data Scientist.
Being part of such a historic tradition is a unique experience, and I’m excited to continue contributing to our collective understanding of the world.
Grand Prize Winner | MIT Reality Hack 2024
“In Arm's Reach” is an immersive and interactive mixed reality journey that creates a bond between our urban spaces and the world around us. Our project won 5 awards, including the Grand Prize at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mixed Reality Hackathon 2024.
Winner | British Cartographic Society - The Garsdale Design Award for 3D Mapping
WINNER: The “Tokyo Eat Map” is an experimental data visualization in 3D with a meta reference to the data it displays. It represents the density of restaurants in central Tokyo on a map, morphed into a typical Japanese ramen dish. It is a mix of a heatmap, density map and contour visualization, embellished with artistic liberties.
I see it as a simple story of finding the right ramen restaurant within Tokyo’s culinary hotspots, and dreaming the delicious dish as a map or vice versa, the map as a dish.
The data is freely available from OpenStreetMap’s points of interest, specifically places labelled as “Restaurant”.
LONGLISTED at the International Information is Beautiful Awards.
Longlisted | Information is Beautiful Awards 2023
La Carte des Vins de France. A creative and experimental map-like visualisation crafted for cheese and wine lovers. Depiction of the principal vineyard regions in Metropolitan France as red wine spills fallen on a France-shaped camembert cheese, on a wooden plate, perhaps on a covered terrace by the Mediterranean coast.
Made in Blender, an open source 3d software and open data using many shading, modelling, texturing and lighting methods to achieve photorealism and a cinematic aesthetic.
An Art and Insight piece symbiosis, aiming to entice a broad spectrum of the viewer's senses and emotions.
IMEdD Key Note Speaker
Keynote Speaker at the International Journalisme Forum in Athens, September 2023. Presentation on Empowering change with creative 3D data visuals and maps.