Andrea Benedetti — PhD in Design at the Politecnico di Milano's Department of Design, I'm affiliated to DensityDesign Lab where I started as Junior Research Assistant in 2019. I work at the intersection of data visualization, creative coding and communication design. I worked on interfaces for the curatorial and serendipitous exploration for digital archives of cultural heritage and I am now focusing on the role of interfaces and the role of design in general in shaping awareness on how data is produced online by users. My teaching efforts are focused on teaching data visualization to students of various backgrounds, as well as creative coding as a critical expressive practice for designers. From 2017, I collaborate with the Digital Methods Initiative at the University of Amsterdam.
Colombo, G., & Benedetti, A. (2024). Curating data for urban biodiversity: Three catalogues on local issues in Milan. In Embracing change and supporting transitions. Approaches to systemic change in products, services and systems (Vol. 1, pp. 81–96). FrancoAngeli.
Benedetti, A., Briones Rojas, M. D. L. A., & Bellantuono, A. (2024). Algorithmic you. Un design-setting per la riappropriazione e rimediazione di dati personali tramite la progettazione di narrative poetiche. Ocula. Occhio Semiotico Sui Media, 28(Visualità della scrittura nelle arti e nella comunicazione visiva).
Benedetti, A., & Mauri, M. (2023). Design for friction. An inquiry to position friction as a method for reflection in design interventions. Convergences - Journal of Research and Arts Education, 16(31). https://doi.org/10.53681/c1514225187514391s.31.139
Mauri, M., Vantini, S., Gobbo, B., Elli, T., Aversa, E., Benedetti, A., Briones Rojas, M. D. L. A., & Colombo, G. (2022). Making posters to understand statistics: Towards a didactical approach in communication design. Proceedings of DRS 2022.
Gobbo, B., Briones Rojas, M. D. L. A., Aversa, E., Benedetti, A., Elli, T., Mauri, M., & Colombo, G. (2022). Staging and storing data sprint-based research results: A communication design approach [Universitat de València].
Rabello, E. T., Gommeh, E., Benedetti, A., Valerio-Ureña, G., & Metze, T. (2021). Mapping online visuals of shale gas controversy: A digital methods approach. Information, Communication & Society.
Gobbo, B., & Benedetti, A. (2021). Expressive digital place making as means of aggregation.: A case study from the COVID-19 pandemic. CHItaly 2021: 14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, 1–5.
Benedetti, A., Elli, T., & Mauri, M. (2020, July). DRAWING WITH CODE: THE EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING CREATIVE CODING AS A SKILL FOR COMMUNICATION DESIGNERS. EDULEARN20 Proceedings.
2024 — Contract professor for Strategic Visual Designer, Data visualization at Istituto I-Crea Bauer Milano.
Data visualization as an editorial practice.
2024 — Contract professor for Media School for Journalists in Exile at European Union.
Trainings on AI. Cycle of webinars on Generative Artificial Intelligence for exiled Russian journalists.
2022 — Contract professor for Linguaggi visuali per sistemi complessi. Data visualization module at Università di Udine.
Introduction to data visualization through visual variables, visual models using RAWGraphs 2.0. Introduction to cartography using QGIS.
2021 - 2022 — Contract professor for Master in Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
Introduction to data visualization through visual variables, visual models using RAWGraphs 2.0. Deep dive into Gephi and Visual Network Analysis.
2017 - 2022 — Teaching assistant for Final Synthesis Design Studio Sect. C3 DensityDesign at Politecnico di Milano.
Support to teaching activities and supervision of students' work. Instructor for Google Spreadsheet, Github, d3.js.
2018 - 2022 — Teaching assistant for 'Draw with code' Creative Coding at Politecnico di Milano.
Introduction to the basics of coding with p5.js. Lecturer for ml5.js, interaction affordances in p5.js.
2019, 2021 — Teaching assistant for Data-driven Generative Posters (Workshop) by Edwin Jakobs at Politecnico di Milano.
Support to activities and supervision of students' work.