Welcome to episode 7 of season 5 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

This episode is the first of a two-part special taken from a recorded webinar held on 4th December 2024 titled ‘The State of Data Viz’ and featuring a panel of guests including:

• Evelina Parrou, Founder & Creative Director at Parabole Studio
• Rasagy Sharma, Senior Design Manager for DataLabs at Capital One 
• Joe Sharpe, Co-Founder of Applied Works
• Juuso Koponen, Co-Founder of Koponen+Hildén 
• Lisa Charlotte Muth, Data Vis Writer at Datawrapper
• ...as well as invaluable co-hosting by Obinna Iwuji

With contributions from the audience, in this first-part episode - 'the practice and the people' - we explore the current state of the data viz field, where its come from, and where its heading in relation to trends in the type of work being created, the professions that exist, and the people who make up the data viz community.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.