http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/arts/design8.php
(...) There's one simple reason why visualization is becoming so important, and that's our desire to understand what's happening in the world at a time when it's becoming harder and harder to do so. "Design always moves where it is needed most," said Paola Antonelli, curator of Design and the Elastic Mind, who is now working on a major visualization project. "The surge in computing power has generated a surge in information output, and heated up interest in visualization design." (...)
