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About Re:connaissance

Re:connaissance is an independent publication about the politics and practices of visual representation.

It examines how maps, diagrams, data visualizations, images, and interfaces do more than describe the world: they shape what can be seen, known, and acted upon and thus produce reality.

The newsletter is written for designers, researchers, journalists, artists, and anyone interested in visual culture, knowledge production, and the politics of representation.

About the Author

Based in Berlin, Robin Coenen is an information designer working at the intersection of design, science, technology, and visual anthropology. After studying Visual Communication at FH Aachen and Zurich University of the Arts, he led the Digital Media Department at Atelier Intégral Ruedi Baur in Paris before pursuing graduate studies in Data Visualization at Parsons School of Design in New York.

In 2020, Robin co-founded the design studio Visual Intelligence together with sociologist and designer Danielle Rosales. The studio explores the visual articulation of complex artistic, social, and technological systems.

Since 2021, he has been a research associate in the Class for Information Design at the University of the Arts Berlin. His academic and artistic research focuses on mapping, data visualization, and digital methodologies in design research as tools for knowledge production, transformation, and dialogue.

Re:connaissance is part of his broader research, design, and teaching practice.

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