Playing with Data: an Experience in Creative Infovis

Information Visualization (Infovis) methods provide an effective way to make sense of the vast amount of data flowing around our everyday experience. Using creative Infovis designs is possible to convey the mean- ing and enhance the understanding of complex topics. The purpose of this paper is to present the design method adopted in a collaboration between Polytechnic of Turin and Telecom Italia, whose goal is to devise novel and useful Infovis concepts to deal with data. Powered by the sharing of differ- ent skills and experiences, this method led to the first results presented in the paper.