Environment/Data/People. [Eco] Participatory Data Physicalization as Design Strategic. Tools for Engaging, Sensitizing, and Educating the Community to Energy Transition

In the face of a polycrisis marked by environmental, social, and economic upheavals, the transition to sustainable energy has become a global imperative. This transition is not only a matter of policy and infrastructure but also hinges on the individual citizen, who initiates and completes the process. Therefore, it is crucial for citizens to possess ade-quate energy literacy in line with the 2030 SDGs. Information Design plays a significant role in this scenario by creating communicative artifacts that narrate complex topics in an easily understandable manner to a broad audience. Moving from the cold, intangible dimension of data to a warm, tangible, human dimension can be achieved using visual metaphors, the creation of new levels of meaning, and the co-creation and participation in the visualization project. The physical and digital involvement with data can design a unique communicative bridge between people, the environment, and stakeholders. In this context, the participatory visualization and physicalization of data for eco-educational pur-poses termed [Eco] Participatory through Data Visualization - could be a promising area of investigation in communication design research and practice.