Michele Mauri
Researcher
Scientific-Disciplinary Sector
DESIGN
Researcher at Politecnico di Milano - Design Department, he's co-director of DensityDesign Lab. Within the laboratory he coordinates the research, the design and development of projects related to the visual communication of data and information, in particular for projects related to born-digital data and Digital Methods. In 2015, he obtained a PhD degree in Design with the dissertation “Design of the un-finished”.
He is one of the authors of RAWGraphs, an open-source platform for the creation of data visualisations.
From 2017 he's part of the Public Data Lab, an international group of researchers working on the development of innovative formats for the creation and use of public data.
He’s interested in data visualization, statistics, born-digital data sources and, of course, graphic design.
Research projects
Italo Calvino Atlas. Literature and Visualization
FIRE. Fighting illicit firearms trafficking routes and actors at european level
Algocount. Public Perception of Algorithms in Society. Accounting for the Algorithmic Public Opinion
Genetic Networks of Gustave Roud's Literary Works
Bìos. Sistema Design Italia for ADI Design Museum
PlacPlac. A Digital Scientific Dissemination Format for Data Sprints Results
Mapping Nature-based solutions to investigate corporate greenwashing
Data-driven community engagement per Wiki Loves Monuments
GAFAM Empire. An exploration of acquisitions by big tech companies
Research groups
DensityDesign
Magazine Articles
