Why we must challenge and improve the representation of diverse communities in our visualisations

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It’s time that visualisations started representing the world around us, writes Evie Martin

Every day, adverts, billboards, films, magazine covers, and the news media influence the way we see our societies. In my experience as a built environment professional, I have seen designs for swanky, sky-high apartments inhabited by white, young heterosexual couples, TV adverts featuring slim, young, female secretaries topping up their middle-aged white male bosses glasses, and whole marketing campaigns featuring entirely white casts. Times are thankfully changing but not as quickly as I would hope, especially within built environment visualisation.

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