Awards

I am grateful for the recognition my work has received over the years: I'm the record winner of the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards — eleven awards across a seven-year winning streak — and have also won Gold at the National Geographic Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge, and multiple Malofiej Awards (the “Pulitzers of infographics”).

Featured

Jun ’21

Silver at Malofiej 2021

The Language of Science won a silver medal at the Malofiej awards, the (self-proclaimed) "Pulitzers of infographics". This project visualizes word usage trends over the 175 year history of the Scientific American magazine.

Dec ’19

Winner at National Geographic Innovation Challenge

Perpetual Plastic — a 46ft data sculpture made from beach debris, showing the fate of all plastic ever produced — won Gold at the National Geographic Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge 2019. Thanks to my art activist Liina Klauss and marine scientist and designer Skye Morét for the great collaboration!

Dec ’18

Information is Beautiful Awards 2018

M U L T I P L I C I T Y won Gold in the "Unusual" category at the Information is Beautiful Awards 2018. For me, this marks award number eleven in a winning streak of seven consecutive years. Wow!

Sep ’20

Fast Company’s 2020 Innovation by Design Awards

Einstein Designer — Powered by Deep Learning UX was a finalist in the Data Design category and received an honorable mention in the General Excellence category in Fast Company’s 2020 Innovation by Design Awards. Read more here.

Nov ’17

Information is Beautiful Awards 2017

I won Gold for Rhythm of Food and Bronze for Peak Spotting at the Information is Beautiful Awards 2017.

This marks awards number 9 and 10 from a winning streak of 6 consecutive years(!). It's an incredible honor to receive such amazing ongoing support and recognition. Huge thanks and hi-fives also to my numerous collaborators on these projects!