In a world drowning in numbers yet starving for meaning, we need more than just beautiful charts or accurate graphs.
Founded by Valentina D’Efilippo
award-winning designer, author and educator
Design is our superpower.
Design is our superpower.
Data informs, but design awakens attention, connecting in ways numbers alone cannot.
Data informs, but design awakens attention, connecting in ways numbers alone cannot.
We live in an attention economy where information is endless but meaning is scarce. Our mission is to cut through the noise. For nearly two decades, we’ve worked with organisations — from Google and Spotify to the NHS and European Parliament — to transform data into stories that spark insight, emotion, and change.
We live in an attention economy where information is endless but meaning is scarce. Our mission is to cut through the noise. For nearly two decades, we’ve worked with organisations — from Google and Spotify to the NHS and European Parliament — to transform data into stories that spark insight, emotion, and change.
Free resources
Start building bridges of knowledge now with these free resources and tools for designing with data
The Art of Sailing
Harnessing the power of the wind, sailing is both a skill and an adventure. Whether racing across the waves or leisurely cruising, it’s a timeless way to explore the vast blue expanse.
Academy
Academy
Academy
Master the Art of Visual Storytelling with Data
Our courses help individuals and teams think visually, present data stories with confidence, and connect with their audiences.
Online or in-person
Enterprise Masterclasses
For organisations that need to upskill teams. Bespoke training programmes, in person or online, tailored to your goals, needs and schedules
Online or in-person
Enterprise Masterclasses
For organisations that need to upskill teams. Bespoke training programmes, in person or online, tailored to your goals, needs and schedules
Online or in-person
Enterprise Masterclasses
For organisations that need to upskill teams. Bespoke training programmes, in person or online, tailored to your goals, needs and schedules
Live Cohorts & On demand
Public Courses
For professionals who want to present data with clarity and impact. Open-enrolment sessions to help you inspire and lead with confidence.
Live Cohorts & On demand
Public Courses
For professionals who want to present data with clarity and impact. Open-enrolment sessions to help you inspire and lead with confidence.
Live Cohorts & On demand
Public Courses
For professionals who want to present data with clarity and impact. Open-enrolment sessions to help you inspire and lead with confidence.
Don’t take our word for it.
"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. Despite being held over Zoom, there was a lot of interactivity and the hands-on exercises were incredibly valuable. Most importantly, I felt very inspired coming out of this workshop and am excited to explore further."
Adrian Liu
Assistant Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, McGill University
"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. Despite being held over Zoom, there was a lot of interactivity and the hands-on exercises were incredibly valuable. Most importantly, I felt very inspired coming out of this workshop and am excited to explore further."
Adrian Liu
Assistant Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, McGill University
"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. Despite being held over Zoom, there was a lot of interactivity and the hands-on exercises were incredibly valuable. Most importantly, I felt very inspired coming out of this workshop and am excited to explore further."
Adrian Liu
Assistant Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, McGill University
"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. Despite being held over Zoom, there was a lot of interactivity and the hands-on exercises were incredibly valuable. Most importantly, I felt very inspired coming out of this workshop and am excited to explore further."
Adrian Liu
Assistant Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, McGill University
"This is an engaging and well-structured course with a very knowledgeable tutor. It is essential for those who want to increase the impact of their work, and particularly for those working in roles that require communication with groups of people."
Dr Vageesh Jain
ST3 Registrar in Public Health Medicine & Academic Clinical Fellow, UCL London
"This is an engaging and well-structured course with a very knowledgeable tutor. It is essential for those who want to increase the impact of their work, and particularly for those working in roles that require communication with groups of people."
Dr Vageesh Jain
ST3 Registrar in Public Health Medicine & Academic Clinical Fellow, UCL London
"This is an engaging and well-structured course with a very knowledgeable tutor. It is essential for those who want to increase the impact of their work, and particularly for those working in roles that require communication with groups of people."
Dr Vageesh Jain
ST3 Registrar in Public Health Medicine & Academic Clinical Fellow, UCL London
"This is an engaging and well-structured course with a very knowledgeable tutor. It is essential for those who want to increase the impact of their work, and particularly for those working in roles that require communication with groups of people."
Dr Vageesh Jain
ST3 Registrar in Public Health Medicine & Academic Clinical Fellow, UCL London
"This course was fantastic. Absolutely essential for anyone communicating with the public, putting out reports, visualising data... for pretty much anyone, to be honest! Engaging throughout, and we walked away with a clear set of lessons and tools for effective visualisation."
Polly Ashmore
Public Health Specialty Registrar
"This course was fantastic. Absolutely essential for anyone communicating with the public, putting out reports, visualising data... for pretty much anyone, to be honest! Engaging throughout, and we walked away with a clear set of lessons and tools for effective visualisation."
Polly Ashmore
Public Health Specialty Registrar
"This course was fantastic. Absolutely essential for anyone communicating with the public, putting out reports, visualising data... for pretty much anyone, to be honest! Engaging throughout, and we walked away with a clear set of lessons and tools for effective visualisation."
Polly Ashmore
Public Health Specialty Registrar
"This course was fantastic. Absolutely essential for anyone communicating with the public, putting out reports, visualising data... for pretty much anyone, to be honest! Engaging throughout, and we walked away with a clear set of lessons and tools for effective visualisation."
Polly Ashmore
Public Health Specialty Registrar
"Valentina's clear expertise in, and enthusiasm for, storytelling via infographics and data visualisation helped to make her workshop delivery both informative and inspiring. I left the sessions excited to open up my sketchbook and to start putting learning into practice."
Helen Strachan
Freelance Bid and Fundraising Professional
"Valentina's clear expertise in, and enthusiasm for, storytelling via infographics and data visualisation helped to make her workshop delivery both informative and inspiring. I left the sessions excited to open up my sketchbook and to start putting learning into practice."
Helen Strachan
Freelance Bid and Fundraising Professional
"Valentina's clear expertise in, and enthusiasm for, storytelling via infographics and data visualisation helped to make her workshop delivery both informative and inspiring. I left the sessions excited to open up my sketchbook and to start putting learning into practice."
Helen Strachan
Freelance Bid and Fundraising Professional
"Valentina's clear expertise in, and enthusiasm for, storytelling via infographics and data visualisation helped to make her workshop delivery both informative and inspiring. I left the sessions excited to open up my sketchbook and to start putting learning into practice."
Helen Strachan
Freelance Bid and Fundraising Professional
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The live online cohorts open to the public run online three times a year. This high impact and engaging programme will transform the way you present data in just three days. Be the first to know when new sessions open.
Consultancy
Consultancy
Consultancy
Make complexity not only accessible, but moving and memorable.
Design partnerships that bring clarity to complexity and beauty to data.
Infographics
Editorial commissions
Strategic storytelling
Data Narratives
Where data becomes beautiful and accessible through design and storytelling.
Infographics
Editorial commissions
Strategic storytelling
Data Narratives
Where data becomes beautiful and accessible through design and storytelling.
Infographics
Editorial commissions
Strategic storytelling
Data Narratives
Where data becomes beautiful and accessible through design and storytelling.
Infographics
Editorial commissions
Strategic storytelling
Data Narratives
Where data becomes beautiful and accessible through design and storytelling.
Exhibitions
Installations
Immersive media
Data Experiences
Where data becomes transformational through creativity and innovation
Exhibitions
Installations
Immersive media
Data Experiences
Where data becomes transformational through creativity and innovation
Exhibitions
Installations
Immersive media
Data Experiences
Where data becomes transformational through creativity and innovation
Exhibitions
Installations
Immersive media
Data Experiences
Where data becomes transformational through creativity and innovation
Dashboards
Dashboards
Products
Design Systems
Dashboards
Dashboards
Products
Design Systems
Dashboards
Dashboards
Products
Design Systems
Dashboards
Dashboards
Products
Design Systems
Don’t take our word for it.
"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. Despite being held over Zoom, there was a lot of interactivity and the hands-on exercises were incredibly valuable. Most importantly, I felt very inspired coming out of this workshop and am excited to explore further."
Adrian Liu
Assistant Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, McGill University
"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. Despite being held over Zoom, there was a lot of interactivity and the hands-on exercises were incredibly valuable. Most importantly, I felt very inspired coming out of this workshop and am excited to explore further."
Adrian Liu
Assistant Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, McGill University
"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. Despite being held over Zoom, there was a lot of interactivity and the hands-on exercises were incredibly valuable. Most importantly, I felt very inspired coming out of this workshop and am excited to explore further."
Adrian Liu
Assistant Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, McGill University
"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. Despite being held over Zoom, there was a lot of interactivity and the hands-on exercises were incredibly valuable. Most importantly, I felt very inspired coming out of this workshop and am excited to explore further."
Adrian Liu
Assistant Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, McGill University
"This is an engaging and well-structured course with a very knowledgeable tutor. It is essential for those who want to increase the impact of their work, and particularly for those working in roles that require communication with groups of people."
Dr Vageesh Jain
ST3 Registrar in Public Health Medicine & Academic Clinical Fellow, UCL London
"This is an engaging and well-structured course with a very knowledgeable tutor. It is essential for those who want to increase the impact of their work, and particularly for those working in roles that require communication with groups of people."
Dr Vageesh Jain
ST3 Registrar in Public Health Medicine & Academic Clinical Fellow, UCL London
"This is an engaging and well-structured course with a very knowledgeable tutor. It is essential for those who want to increase the impact of their work, and particularly for those working in roles that require communication with groups of people."
Dr Vageesh Jain
ST3 Registrar in Public Health Medicine & Academic Clinical Fellow, UCL London
"This is an engaging and well-structured course with a very knowledgeable tutor. It is essential for those who want to increase the impact of their work, and particularly for those working in roles that require communication with groups of people."
Dr Vageesh Jain
ST3 Registrar in Public Health Medicine & Academic Clinical Fellow, UCL London
"This course was fantastic. Absolutely essential for anyone communicating with the public, putting out reports, visualising data... for pretty much anyone, to be honest! Engaging throughout, and we walked away with a clear set of lessons and tools for effective visualisation."
Polly Ashmore
Public Health Specialty Registrar
"This course was fantastic. Absolutely essential for anyone communicating with the public, putting out reports, visualising data... for pretty much anyone, to be honest! Engaging throughout, and we walked away with a clear set of lessons and tools for effective visualisation."
Polly Ashmore
Public Health Specialty Registrar
"This course was fantastic. Absolutely essential for anyone communicating with the public, putting out reports, visualising data... for pretty much anyone, to be honest! Engaging throughout, and we walked away with a clear set of lessons and tools for effective visualisation."
Polly Ashmore
Public Health Specialty Registrar
"This course was fantastic. Absolutely essential for anyone communicating with the public, putting out reports, visualising data... for pretty much anyone, to be honest! Engaging throughout, and we walked away with a clear set of lessons and tools for effective visualisation."
Polly Ashmore
Public Health Specialty Registrar
"Valentina's clear expertise in, and enthusiasm for, storytelling via infographics and data visualisation helped to make her workshop delivery both informative and inspiring. I left the sessions excited to open up my sketchbook and to start putting learning into practice."
Helen Strachan
Freelance Bid and Fundraising Professional
"Valentina's clear expertise in, and enthusiasm for, storytelling via infographics and data visualisation helped to make her workshop delivery both informative and inspiring. I left the sessions excited to open up my sketchbook and to start putting learning into practice."
Helen Strachan
Freelance Bid and Fundraising Professional
"Valentina's clear expertise in, and enthusiasm for, storytelling via infographics and data visualisation helped to make her workshop delivery both informative and inspiring. I left the sessions excited to open up my sketchbook and to start putting learning into practice."
Helen Strachan
Freelance Bid and Fundraising Professional
"Valentina's clear expertise in, and enthusiasm for, storytelling via infographics and data visualisation helped to make her workshop delivery both informative and inspiring. I left the sessions excited to open up my sketchbook and to start putting learning into practice."
Helen Strachan
Freelance Bid and Fundraising Professional
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Our Books
Valentina’s best-selling books have reached thousands of readers worldwide, helping them see complex topics in a new light.
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica
The Infographic History of the World
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica
The Infographic History of the World
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica
The Infographic History of the World
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica
The Infographic History of the World
From The Royal Institution, TEDx to AdobeMAX, Valentina delivers keynotes that change how people see data and experience the world. She brings stories, visuals, and strategy to the stage to inspire teams, leaders, and creatives alike.
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