{"product_id":"autographic-design-isbn-9780262547024","title":"Autographic Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious vision for design based on the premise that data is material, not abstract.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eData analysis and visualization are crucial tools in today's society, and digital representations have steadily become the default. Yet, more and more often, we find that citizen scientists, environmental activists, and forensic amateurs are using analog methods to present evidence of pollution, climate change, and the spread of disinformation. In this illuminating book, Dietmar Offenhuber presents a model for these practices, a model to make data generation accountable: autographic design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAutographic refers to the notion that every event inscribes itself in countless ways. Think of a sundial, for example—a perfectly autographic device that displays information on itself. Inspired by such post-digital practices of visualization and evidence construction, Offenhuber describes an approach to visualization based on the premise that data is a material entity rather than an abstract representation. Emerson wrote, “Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of his fellows, and in his own manners and face.” In \u003ci\u003eAutographic Design\u003c\/i\u003e, Offenhuber introduces a model for design that emphasizes traces, imprints, and self-inscriptions, turning them into sensory displays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an age where misinformation is harder and harder to identify, \u003ci\u003eAutographic Design\u003c\/i\u003e makes an urgent and persuasive case for a different approach that calls attention to the production of data and its connection to the material world.Introducing Autography 1\u003cbr\u003e1 Traces and Modes of Trace-Making 27\u003cbr\u003e2 Autographic Design Operations 49\u003cbr\u003e3 Found Traces 67\u003cbr\u003e4 Instrumentation--Tracing Atmospheres 93\u003cbr\u003e5 Making Traces and Constructing Evidence 123\u003cbr\u003e6 Autographic Environments 155\u003cbr\u003e7 Signals 179\u003cbr\u003e8 Conclusion: notes on Designing Autographics 201\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 213\u003cbr\u003eNotes 215\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 241\u003cbr\u003eIndex 267“A suggestive addition to the literature on data and materiality, Offenhuber’s work on the ‘self-inscribing autographic trace’ should quickly become a standard reference in the fields of computational analysis and design.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Johanna Drucker, Professor of Information Studies, UCLA; author of \u003ci\u003eInventing the Alphabet \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Offenhuber shows how autographic design operations and techniques can offer a refreshing new way to trace data culture without forgetting software. This is one of the most important recent books in design and critical data studies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jussi Parikka, Professor of Digital Aesthetics and Culture, Aarhus University; author of \u003ci\u003eOperational Images\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDietmar Offenhuber is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art + Design at Northeastern University, with a joint appointment in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. He is currently a visiting scholar at Harvard metaLAB and was recently a fellow at the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities. He is the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eWaste Is Information\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press).","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303084609765,"sku":"NP9780262547024","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262547024.jpg?v=1767721978","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/autographic-design-isbn-9780262547024","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}