Dr Peter Hall is Reader in Graphic Design at Camberwell Chelsea Wimbledon, University of the Arts London.  His research focuses on mapping and visualization as critical and participatory practices.  His recent book Critical Visualization (Bloomsbury Academic 2022), co-written with Patricio Dávila, sets out a critical framework for understanding and making data visualization. Previous works include the book Else/Where: Mapping – New Cartographies of Networks and Territories (edited with Janet Abrams, University of Minnesota 2006) and book chapters on generative design criticism and uses of failure. Peter has held academic positions at Central Saint Martins (2015-2021), Griffith University in Australia (2012-15), the University of Texas at Austin, USA (2007-12), and Yale School of Art, USA (2000-2007). He is co-founder of DesignInquiry, a non-profit educational organization devoted to researching design issues in intensive team-based gatherings, based in Maine, USA.