Lisa Strausfeld and Her Work combining Supergraphics Technology and Design
Lisa Strausfeld is an American Designer and professional information architect. Strausfeld studied art history and computer science to get herself a bachelor of arts at Brown University. Then she would go on to study at Harvard University to get a master’s of Architecture. Later she would go on to study media arts at MIT to earn herself a master of Science degree. She seemingly loved to learn, but aside from her education, Strausfeld would also have an extremely successful career utilizing her multiple degrees in her design work.
Strausfeld began her career with two other MIT students and launched the software company Perspecta. She would use her baStrausfeld began her career with two other MIT students and launched the software company Perspecta. She would use her background in technology to push the boundaries of mass communication with supergraphics in new and interesting ways. Later, while a partner at Pentagram, Strausfeld would work with innovative digitally animated supergraphics. She specializes in digital information projects; specifically the design work of large-scale media installations and UI design work.
I chose to research Lisa Strausfeld as I originally liked her innovative Supergraphic designs and was intrigued by just how many degrees she had… turns out she had quite a few. Other than making me inspired and I chose to research Lisa Strausfeld as I originally liked her innovative Supergraphic designs and was intrigued by just how many degrees she had… turns out she had quite a few. Other than making me inspired and wholly intimidated to get one degree of any sort I appreciated how she was able to draw upon the different education backgrounds she received and combine that knowledge in her design work. She is truly a modern renaissance designer and an early innovator of using technology with design, as seen in her infographics and animated advertisement campaigns.
Citations:
“Meet Lisa Strausfeld, One of Fast Company’s Most Creative People.” Fast Company, 1 Jan. 2000, https://www.fastcompany.com/person/lisa-strausfeld.
Palladino, Valentina. “The Billionaire Index Gets a Responsive Redesign.” Wired, Conde Nast, 24 Jan. 2013, https://www.wired.com/2013/01/interactive-billionaire-index/.
Schwab, Katharine. “Exclusive: Lisa Strausfeld Is Developing a New Kind of Data Viz.” Fast Company, Fast Company, 19 Oct. 2018, https://www.fastcompany.com/90247240/exclusive-lisa-strausfeld-is-developing-an-entirely-new-kind-of-data-viz.
Image Citations:
“Lisa Strausfeld.” Ideasondesign, http://ideasondesign.net/speakers/speakers/lisa-strausfeld/.
“Pentagram, Lisa Strausfeld, Christian Marc Schmidt, Takaaki Okada, Walter Bender, Eben Eliason, One Laptop per Child, Marco Pesenti Gritti, Christopher Blizzard, Red Hat, Inc.. Sugar Interface for the XO Laptop. 2006-2007: Moma.” The Museum of Modern Art, https://www.moma.org/collection/works/110267.
“VR Prototype for the New Historia.” Information Art, https://informationart.com/.