Stefan Sagmeister’s new shoe designs are actually walking infographics

The designs use data viz to show statistics about renewable energy and homelessness across 6 countries.

[Photo: © Felix Schöppner, Stephan Braubach, Mirko Müller]

Data visualization turns charts, data, and statistics into something easier to comprehend. Turning that data viz into shoes makes the data into a functional conversation starter.

That’s what the Austrian graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister did with two shoes he designed for Ekn, a German footwear brand, that are on view at his exhibition Finally, Something........

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