I am pleased to announce a new public speaking collaboration with Portland, OR-based designer and author Tera Hatfield.

A little bit about our first collaboration, Place-based Data Viz: Tips, Tricks, Grand Totals, and other Traps.

This co-authored talk by interdisciplinary designers Tera Hatfield and David Buckley Borden focuses on the artful presentation of information for narrative effect. The co-presenters challenge audiences to re-imagine data visualization rules and traditions as a means to develop culturally-compelling visual narratives for place-based projects. Borden and Hatfield's radical cartography, infographics, data-driven sculptures, and art installations are not driven by typical strategic communication conventions, but rather the integration of visual art and design to reposition data as an engaging narrative medium. This talk builds on Borden’s work as a designer-in-residence at the Harvard Forest and Hatfield's recent visually rich publication, “Seattleness: A Cultural Atlas.”

If interested in hosting this lecture, or other public talks and workshops, please reach out to Borden@fas.harvard.edu.