Ben Fry is a data visualization researcher and designer. He is the co-founder of the Processing programming language and the founder of Fathom, a data visualization and analysis software company.
Ben Fry is a designer, artist, and software developer who has been at the forefront of data visualization and information design for over a decade. He is the co-founder of the Processing programming language and development environment, which is used by artists, designers, educators, and researchers to create data visualizations and interactive experiences. He is also the founder of Fathom, a design and software consultancy that specializes in data visualization and information design.
Ben Fry was born in 1977 in Massachusetts and grew up in the Boston area. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999. After graduating, he worked as a software engineer at the MIT Media Lab, where he developed software for data visualization and information design. In 2001, he co-founded the Processing programming language and development environment with Casey Reas. Processing is an open-source programming language and development environment that is used by artists, designers, educators, and researchers to create data visualizations and interactive experiences.
In 2005, Ben Fry founded Fathom, a design and software consultancy that specializes in data visualization and information design. Fathom has worked with a variety of clients, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and the BBC. Ben Fry has also written several books on data visualization and information design, including Visualizing Data (2008), Visualizing Data with Processing (2009), and Visualizing Data with Processing 2nd Edition (2015).
Ben Fry has been recognized for his work in data visualization and information design. He has received numerous awards, including the National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 2009, the National Design Award for Interaction Design from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 2011, and the National Design Award for Interaction Design from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 2013. He has also been featured in numerous publications, including Wired, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.