#CreativeCoding 2025

Badge awarded to

Matteo Negri

Issued on 02 Feb 2026 by

Dept. of Computer Science - City St George's, University of London

The #CreativeCoding 2025 badge is awarded on the successful creation and submission of a Dear Data 100 Demo Sketch as part of a #CreativeCoding activity in Computer Science in October-December 2025. This involves original and substantive data collection, expressive data depiction and exploratory data discovery, coded in a Processing sketchbook. The owner of this badge participated in a challenging voluntary learning activity, and in doing so went the extra mile in their Computer Science education. They have core programming skills and have demonstrated creativity in their approach by producing and submitting a Dear Data 100 Demo.

Issuer

Dept. of Computer Science - City St George's, University of London

CUoL-csbadges@teams.city.ac.uk

City St George's has been at the leading edge of computer science in the UK for six decades – including laying the groundwork for the foundation of the British Computer Society and awarding some of the country’s first Computer Science degrees.

Criteria

The Dear Data 100 demo sketch is a creative reflective activity that is inspired by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec's inspiring Dear Data Project and Exhibition

It involves :

data collection, design experiments and reflection
engagement and discussion with fellow students and academic mentors
considering the world through a lens in which data is a creative starting point for play and expression
explore the relationships between the world, data, code and themselves

... over a 12 week period.

#CreativeCoding is a Stage 1 activity in Computer Science programmes at City St George's, University of London.