At a particularly significant moment, as the world faces numerous challenges, natural disasters and political instability, Stefan Sagmeister combines design and data to convey an optimistic and hopeful message about the present.
Against a perception of reality shaped by immediate crises, Sagmeister presents compelling evidence showing that, when we broaden our perspective and look at change over the long term, many indicators of human development have improved.
Drawing on relevant data from the United Nations, the World Bank and other international and national databases, Sagmeister transforms numbers into powerful visual representations that make this progress visible.
By integrating these data visualisations into historical paintings, he creates a bridge between past and present, using design as a tool to interpret information and build a visual narrative of progress over time. An invitation to broaden our perspective and see the present through a different lens.
