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Data Visualization: Design Infographics in Illustrator

About Me

A course by Marco Giannini , Data journalist and Information Designer

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Audio: English

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About the video: About Me

Overview

“Let's start with a quick introduction. Here I'll tell you about my hard-won career, the few detours I took, and I will put you up to date on the recent history of the discipline.”

In this video lesson Marco Giannini addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Data Visualization: Design Infographics in Illustrator. Learn how to communicate complex information through meaningful data-driven images.

Partial transcription of the video

“ About Me Hello and welcome to my course. I'm Marco Giannini, a data journalist and information designer. For about 25 years, I've worked on many editorial projects, mainly for newspapers and magazines, and for digital projects like websites, apps, and dashboards. Many of my works have been featured on infographic blogs and websites. Among my past and present clients are the biggest Italian newspapers, many companies, NGOs, and various international brands. I'm the co-author of a pair of books and I've contributed to some more as an independent designer. When I was 21, I started my career ...”

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Course summary for: Data Visualization: Design Infographics in Illustrator

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (85)
6084 students
4 units
20 lessons (3h 11m)
12 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Infographics, Information Design

Marco Giannini

A course by Marco Giannini

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Data journalist and Information Designer

Marco Giannini has worked as a data journalist and information designer for over 20 years. In the early part of his career, he worked in the infographic sector of the largest Italian newspaper, La Repubblica working as a designer, despite not studying design. He later taught himself programming and studied code as the data visualization sector progressed. Marco is passionate about discovering ways to connect data with images to make understandable and dynamic designs.

Since he started in his field, Marco has experimented with many types of information visualizations across various projects; from newspapers and magazines, to websites and apps. In 2018 he founded his own agency and creative studio, Dataspoiler, and has since worked with international organizations, communication agencies, publishing groups, and exhibitions. His clients include the IUCN, MSF (Doctors Without Borders), WWF, Aurum Press, and Bracco.