Episode 23: Giorgia Lupi - Harmonizing life and data through design

Show Notes: 

• Data-driven design firm Accurat
• Data humanism
• When she realized design was going to be a part of her life (07:00) 
• A ’new chapter’ in her life to fuse data and design (07:30) 
• What teachers told her that changed her (08:00) 
• Discovery of information design (09:00) 
• Rules versus limitations (10:15) 
  • Rules as catalyzers of creativity 
  • Pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone 
• Phases of dealing with COVID-19 (13:00) 
• Think about yourself in 2-3 years - who do you want to remember yourself to be? (13:45) 
• Daily practices (14:15) 
  • How to be in touch with what makes you feel better (15:30) 
  • Be patient with yourself 
• What she does when she feels uncreative (16:30) 
• Saying no to things (19:00) 
  • Setting rules for yourself 
  • Decide who it is that you are 
• Maria Popova and Brain Pickings (23:15) 
• Design vs. data science (25:00) 
• Data as a way to analyze oneself (25:15) 
• Design firm IDEO and user-centered design (28:30) 
• Antidisciplinary (28:40) 
• What to avoid when starting a new project (29:15) 
• The tension between familiarity and the unknown (30:15) 
• The energy you put out (32:20) 
• The value of new creative environments (33:00) 
• Pentagram (33:20) 
• Not the next ’thing,’ the next ‘chapter’ (35:00) 
• Using a language is a way to train the brain (37:00) 
• MIT Media Lab (38:30) 
• Friends in space piece (42:00) 
• Lightning Round (44:00): 
  • Book: The image of the city Kevin Lynch 
  • Passion that set her path: playing the piano 
  • Latest passion: Romantic relationship 
  • Screwed up: Relationship with her father and time 
• Find Giorgia online 
  • http://giorgialupi.com/
  • Twitter
• 'Five-Cut Fridays’ five-song music playlist series  
  • Giorgia’s list