Two days for july. In Spain that means holidays. But resting is not everything. Is a great opportunity if we want to keep learning. And this july we have two new opportunities: on thios side of the Atlantic and at the other one.
I Workshop of Digital Infographics
Universidade de Minho (Braga, Portugal) July 16-17th
Online infographics workshop corrdinated by Nuno Vargas for people that already know how to use the software.
Teachers 'deluxe': Aitor Eguinoa (90 Grados) and Xaquín González 'Xocas' (The New York Times)
The fee is 250 € (including materials, equipment adn meals) If you want to participate just write a mail to sec-cicom@ics.minho.pt. And hurry up! Just 20 inscriptions accepted!
More details on this PDF
First Workshop for Journalists 2009
Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad Latina de Panama, July 20-22nd
Teachers this time are also a great value:
- Nelson J. Fernández, Venezuela
- Guillermo Gomez Hill, Mexico
- Guillermo Fernández, Costa Rica
- Gustavo Caravajal, Argentina
- Eduardo Soto, Panama
The prices, cheaper:
- Students of la Latina 65.00 B
- Students from other Universities 85.00 B
- Professionals 110.00 B
More information here (Spanish)
27/06/2009
The tragic death of Eleftheros Typos
Eleftheros Typos, newspaper awarded as best designed of Europe has closed.
I feel this close very near, Eleftheros Typos was my first work as infographics consultant for Innovation. But it's also hard because it was an ended newspaper that came again to life. Who explains this perfectly is who was its Art Director, Spiros Polikandriotis. One of the great helps from inside in the relaunchingand success of the model. He was fired months before ET closed. And it was a big surprise for those who knew him and his great work.
Spiros writes:
"It's not strange at all that the paper closed. ET before the relaunch was selling around 10.000-15.000 a day and 45.000 on Sunday. It was it’s lowest numbers since its birth on 1984. After the relaunch it started rising in circulation reaching 25.000 – 35.000 on the daily and 120.000 on Sunday. These numbers were steady for at least 3-4 months. After that the editorial model changed back to the old ways. And with it slowly came the old numbers, both in circulation and in advertisement."
It's tragic. Because in these bad times is hard to know that one that could be saved has passed away. I just wan t to send a big hug to the infographics section, they showed how believing in change and wanting the change this can be spectacular. They demosntrated that it was possible. From the head of graphics, Kalli Labrou, to the last intern.
Good luck to all them.
I feel this close very near, Eleftheros Typos was my first work as infographics consultant for Innovation. But it's also hard because it was an ended newspaper that came again to life. Who explains this perfectly is who was its Art Director, Spiros Polikandriotis. One of the great helps from inside in the relaunchingand success of the model. He was fired months before ET closed. And it was a big surprise for those who knew him and his great work.
Spiros writes:
"It's not strange at all that the paper closed. ET before the relaunch was selling around 10.000-15.000 a day and 45.000 on Sunday. It was it’s lowest numbers since its birth on 1984. After the relaunch it started rising in circulation reaching 25.000 – 35.000 on the daily and 120.000 on Sunday. These numbers were steady for at least 3-4 months. After that the editorial model changed back to the old ways. And with it slowly came the old numbers, both in circulation and in advertisement."
It's tragic. Because in these bad times is hard to know that one that could be saved has passed away. I just wan t to send a big hug to the infographics section, they showed how believing in change and wanting the change this can be spectacular. They demosntrated that it was possible. From the head of graphics, Kalli Labrou, to the last intern.
Good luck to all them.
22/06/2009
lainformacion.com, second month
My new media, lainformacion.com is two-months old this tuesday 23th. Although I published here asome examples of the first works, now here you are some examples to criticise... You can watch them clicking on the image
Who's who on Lost (this one in english)
As Matthew Fox/Jack was spending some days in Spain, we seized the oportunity to make this graphic with the relationships of the series. Great opportunity to mix work and fun!
Merging tv channels
There was a new law that allowed tv channels to merge and there were a lort of rumors about that. So we made a graphic showing how would work the different possibilities on different fields
Inmigration Explorer in Spain
The same day we decided we will do this graphic, nytimes.com published one with the same idea. What I used was the word 'Explorer', I loved it.
Looking for the black box of the AF447
Another coincidence. When Carlos showed me the sketches of the graphic he was starting, we couldn't imagine that El País will publish hours later (and before than us) a look-alike to what was our graphic (it grew from then).
Hidden Matisse
The Thyssen Museum of Madrid inagurated an exhibition with Matisse works, so we decided to make a graphic container fpr the video and Gigapans.
Hiring player at the soccer league
We had a blog aboutthe soccer summer market, so we summarized (and we keep updating daily) all the operations of the Liga.
Interactive guide of instruments of a Phylarmonic orchestra
Adding to a collection of songs we like at lainformacion.com, we celebrated the European Day of Music with this visual encyclopedia by Carlos Gámez
Who's who on Lost (this one in english)
As Matthew Fox/Jack was spending some days in Spain, we seized the oportunity to make this graphic with the relationships of the series. Great opportunity to mix work and fun!
Merging tv channels
There was a new law that allowed tv channels to merge and there were a lort of rumors about that. So we made a graphic showing how would work the different possibilities on different fields
Inmigration Explorer in Spain
The same day we decided we will do this graphic, nytimes.com published one with the same idea. What I used was the word 'Explorer', I loved it.
Looking for the black box of the AF447
Another coincidence. When Carlos showed me the sketches of the graphic he was starting, we couldn't imagine that El País will publish hours later (and before than us) a look-alike to what was our graphic (it grew from then).
Hidden Matisse
The Thyssen Museum of Madrid inagurated an exhibition with Matisse works, so we decided to make a graphic container fpr the video and Gigapans.
Hiring player at the soccer league
We had a blog aboutthe soccer summer market, so we summarized (and we keep updating daily) all the operations of the Liga.
Interactive guide of instruments of a Phylarmonic orchestra
Adding to a collection of songs we like at lainformacion.com, we celebrated the European Day of Music with this visual encyclopedia by Carlos Gámez
20/06/2009
Crime maps: hyperlocal and global
Infographics are, in the best cases, very useful. One of the uses that is succeding at this moment is the crime map.
The last one has been nytimes.com, with this graphic about homicides at The Big Apple. Very The Grey Lady style: clean and with a lot of options to choose how to visualize it.
But the first time I saw one was at chicagocrime.org, today inside of the hyperlocal news site everyblock.org. You can take a glance at the Chicago map here
But many times you don't need to cross the Atlantic Ocean to find examples. One of my hometown newspapers, La Voz de Cádiz, has its own criminal map
But there's also the global scale: Wikicrimes.org, a brazilian initiative for the whole world. This is not very popular yet, but it has the potential to become very useful
Because good and useful ideas have no frontiers
The last one has been nytimes.com, with this graphic about homicides at The Big Apple. Very The Grey Lady style: clean and with a lot of options to choose how to visualize it.
But the first time I saw one was at chicagocrime.org, today inside of the hyperlocal news site everyblock.org. You can take a glance at the Chicago map here
But many times you don't need to cross the Atlantic Ocean to find examples. One of my hometown newspapers, La Voz de Cádiz, has its own criminal map
But there's also the global scale: Wikicrimes.org, a brazilian initiative for the whole world. This is not very popular yet, but it has the potential to become very useful
Because good and useful ideas have no frontiers
19/06/2009
Blogs, blogs, blogs
Another couple of infographics blogs to keep yourself updated
Calendario Visual (spanish)
Diego Sanz Salas, peruvian graphic designer, has started reciently this blog. His style reminds me 'The Guardian' for the typography and Good Magazine for the style
InfographicsGr
Dimitris Kabitis, greek infographics journalist at Eleftheros Typos summarizes graphics from the hellenic conutry on this blog. Not justs his or form his colleagues of newspaper, but from all the newspapers of Greece.
Calendario Visual (spanish)
Diego Sanz Salas, peruvian graphic designer, has started reciently this blog. His style reminds me 'The Guardian' for the typography and Good Magazine for the style
InfographicsGr
Dimitris Kabitis, greek infographics journalist at Eleftheros Typos summarizes graphics from the hellenic conutry on this blog. Not justs his or form his colleagues of newspaper, but from all the newspapers of Greece.
15/06/2009
Flying data
Unfortunately, the graphic about plane crashes are not unusual at or jobs. I am very afraid when I fly, although I use to do it. So, I have a double problem: I have to study WHY the plane crashes happens, so I use to be on the plane, looking through the window for the flaps and slats to be out... scared.
But I have to think on positive things also. So I think, probabilities of dying in a plane crash are very little and with so many flights every day, It would be really bad luck...
All the air routes, by Mario C.E. Freese
Out of gridlock, by John Grimwade
Flight patterns, by Aaron Koblin
Air traffic worldwide, by Zhaw
But I have to think on positive things also. So I think, probabilities of dying in a plane crash are very little and with so many flights every day, It would be really bad luck...
All the air routes, by Mario C.E. Freese
Out of gridlock, by John Grimwade
Flight patterns, by Aaron Koblin
Air traffic worldwide, by Zhaw
07/06/2009
Publico on Flickr
My former colleagues of the design department of Publico have uploaded their favourite works on Flickr, the photohosting page. On their user, they've created an album with infographics that deserves the visit...
06/06/2009
Infographics for a birthday
Golden Section, Jan Schowchow's infographics service, celebrated the 60 years of german democracy with this graphic (click to see it bigger).
Smart, complete, modern... Happy birthday democracy, and congratulations Jan!
Smart, complete, modern... Happy birthday democracy, and congratulations Jan!
02/06/2009
Chema Matía and Bea Santacruz leave El Mundo
AVE Madrid-Zaragoza, by Chema Matía, from albertocairo.com
These are hard days for media. Owners are cutting jobs, and, although infographics departments are not the worst places to be, (with exceptions as the AJC and some others), there are also some damnified. And two of the lasts cases has been caused at the spanish newspaper El Mundo. The editorial company Unidad Editorial offered thw workers some advantages for those who decide to leave their jobs.Two historical members of the infographics department, Chema Matía and Beatriz Santacruz, decided to leave the place. Although the newspaper tried to keep them in the place, they continued with their idea and now walk free. Good luck for both!
Beatriz Santacruz.
Beatriz Santacruz
Graphics by Beatriz Santacruz from rafaestrada.net
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