Selected Works 2015—2024
Work(s) in Progress / Media Artifacts / abb0887

Zac Ioannidis is a creative technologist and artist working with code. He is interested in topics that involve the re-production of media through its interaction with computational infrastructure.

He is currently freelancing in London / the Interzone. He does not usually refer to himself in the third person.

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1
Dispossession and the Memory of the Earth: Land Dispossession in Nueva Colonia
Forensic Architecture
2021/09
An investigation showing how the dispossession of campesino farmers in the Urabá Antioqueño region of Nueva Colonia was achieved by a combination of physical violence, environmental transformations and legal means.
2
Digital Violence: How the NSO Group Enables State Terror
Forensic Architecture
2021/07
Supported by Amnesty International and the Citizen Lab, Forensic Architecture’s Digital Violence investigation is a multidimensional study of the global use of the malware Pegasus made by Israeli cyber-surveillance company NSO Group.
3
3D Audiovisual Experiments
Various
2020/07
Studies with GLSL shaders, compute shaders, 3D software, etc
4
Orion Search Engine
Mozilla Open Science
2020/02
An open-source exploratory search tool for the science of science.
5
Money Laundering Networks
Signal Noise
2019/09
Bespoke, interactive visualizations (WebGL) and case studies of large-scale money laundering networks within the UK.
6
#DefyHateNow
DATA4CHANGE
2019/06
Participation in DATA4CHANGE workshop with CSO #DefyHateNow; identifying and mitigating the propagation of hate speech and disinformation in South Sudan.
7
Space Is Only Noise
THELONIOUS STUDIOS
2019/04
Situationist/Dada sonification framework using latent space morphologies and audio synthesis to create music from fragmented urban noises. Self-commissioned/forever-WIP.
8
Smart TV x Voice Control
N/A
2019/04
Service Design, R&D, and prototyping multiple voice assistant integration for a large electronics company.
9
Spatial AV Explorations
THELONIOUS STUDIOS
2019/02
Ongoing experiment in spatially navigating clusters of audiovisual content.
10
IoT-enabled Smartbooks
N/A
2018/10
In-situ installation/prototype of an IoT-augmented e-reading experience, using Unity, voice recognition and smart lights.
11
WomenWill Data Explorer
Google
2018/08
Web interactive examining quantitative data regarding gender disparity within the Asia-Pacific region. Produced embedded at Google Japan for Google's Brand Studio.
12
Ingenious Platform
Siemens
2018/03
Digital Product Service Design for an external facing thought leadership platform; Ongoing.
13
Enhanced Measurement Framework
Siemens
2018/03
Data Modeling / Architecture / Engineering; A framework that streamlines the retrieval / preprocessing / analysis pipeline of social media metrics across various different warehouses.
14
Skinsei
Unilever
2017/07
Development of a dynamic, data-driven brand system for a personalized, subscription-based, skin-care service.
15
Searching for Syria
Google
2017/05
Data-driven narrative explaining the Syrian refugee crisis and correcting biases/misconceptions. In partnership with Google and UNHCR.
16
Music D/NA
R/GA
2017/02
Framework for data-driven employee branding through behavioral data from Spotify. Data Visualization. Large-screen installation.
17
Connected Architecture
R/GA
2017/02
In-house concept development for a platform that uses behavioral data to transform the workplace and empowers individuals and groups through design and technology.
18
Dogus Group Data Transformations
DMS
2017/01
Data analysis / mining / consulting / strategy
19
Design Census 2016
AIGA
2017/01
Swipable insights from AIGA’s 2016 Design Census. R/GA Commission.
20
Generative Human Data
R/GA
2016/11
In-house brand development for a framework that utilizes generated human data within buildings and connected spaces to form dynamic identities, quantify and leverage professional and interpersonal relationships through space.
21
Slack Activity Visualizations
R/GA
2016/10
Large-screen data installation of company-wide Slack activity. In-house.
22
The Most Innovative Companies: An Interactive Guide
BCG
2016/09
Interactive Data Visualization with Infographics.com.
23
Force Attraction Pen
ACM SIGCHI 2016
2016/02
Accepted late-breaking-work poster for a pen with haptic feedback at ACM SIGCHI 2016 - San Jose, CA
24
Extempore
N/A
2016/01
Thesis, Computer Science MEng at the University of Bristol. A data physicalization framework for the Quantified Self.
25
Robot (de-)construction
N/A
2015/12
3D animation; 00:30.
26
Apologies Accepted
N/A
2015/10
Experimental; 03:40.
27
profsUT
N/A
2015/05
iOS app for the Mobile News App Design class at the University of Texas at Austin
28
(id)entity
N/A
2015/05
Experimental; 18:47.
29
Mnemonic Introspections
N/A
2015/03
Experimental; 01:22.
30
Table Talk
N/A
2015/02
Table Talk is a redefined literary magazine that explores hard-to-describe experiences from unexpected angles.
31
Global Payments 2016: The Interactive Edition
BCG
2014/08
Interactive Data Visualization with Infographics.com.