Autographic Design
The Matter of Data in a Self-Inscribing World
Autographic design is a set of techniques concerned with revealing the material origins of data and their relationship to the world.
In an age where misinformation is harder and harder to identify, Autographic Design makes an urgent and persuasive case for a different approach that calls attention to the production of data and its connection to the material world.
This companion website contains materials related to autographic design, earlier work leading up to this book, and newer work that builds on it.
A book by Dietmar Offenhuber
[dietmar at offenhuber dot net]
“A suggestive addition to the literature on data and materiality, Offenhuber’s work on the ‘self-inscribing autographic trace’ should quickly become a standard reference in the fields of computational analysis and design.”
Johanna Drucker, Professor of Information Studies, UCLA; author of Inventing the Alphabet
“Offenhuber shows how autographic design operations and techniques can offer a refreshing new way to trace data culture without forgetting software. This is one of the most important recent books in design and critical data studies.”
Jussi Parikka, Professor of Digital Aesthetics and Culture, Aarhus University; author of Operational Images
