In the spread of data visualization, networks covered an important role in terms of practice and theory; the prince of networks Bruno Latour brilliantly merged social theory with technology and design by founding the Médialab Science Po. This presentation presents network visualizations from an aesthetic perspective: if great efforts led to new algorithms for more effective computation, the visual appearance of networks is not secondary. After a historical introduction about the different forms

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... that networks acquired over time, innovative ways of displaying them will be showcased, giving you an overall perspective of the aesthetic evolution of network visualizations.