Master's Degree in Data and Design | Master's degree | Computer Science & IT | On Campus | 400 hours | ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering | Spain

Can design help transform information into knowledge? Taking the Master in Data & Design represents a practical experience about designing information and creating a change for the better. So now that we have access to almost everything, anywhere, anytime… Do we know the world better? Last year we generated, collected and stored more data than in the previous 5,000 years of human history. Until today, we did not have the technology to record reality on this scale (or for so much selfie), but now we have it in the palm of our hand. And how we like it... Unfortunately, that does not mean that our societies are better informed. Data alone masks the reality it describes, blurring its meaning, and dulling emotions. It's hard to figure out what two degrees of average temperature rise means, or a transmission rate of 1.5… or a million deaths, for that matter. In a world of flat Earthers and alternative facts, transforming data into understandable and honest information is, more than a necessity, a question of survival. In the Master in Data and Design we explore design practices, data analysis, data visualization and storytelling to create projects beyond the classic formats. We are working to understand how to generate transcendent information, at a time when fake news is used as a political weapon, cryptocurrencies threaten traditional finance and climate change is an opinion.