Stefan Sagmeister’s new shoe designs are actually walking infographics

Data visualization turns charts, data, and statistics into something easier to comprehend. Turning that data viz into shoes makes the data into a functional conversation starter. That’s what the Austrian graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister did with two shoes he designed for Ekn, a German footwear brand, that are on view at his exhibition Finally, Something Good at the Paris gallery Gaîté Lyrique through April 2027. [Photo: © Marek Bäuerlein] Sagmeister says the exhibition is meant...