Character-based Infographic Design
What is an infographic?
A course by Norbi Baruch , Illustrator
About the video: What is an infographic?
Overview
“In this lesson, I will talk to you about what we usually know as infographics. I will also explain its logical structure and how the different types that exist are classified. ”
In this video lesson Norbi Baruch addresses the topic: What is an infographic?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character-based Infographic Design. Learn to communicate through images by exploring design concepts and tools for creating infographics.
Partial transcription of the video
“What is an infographic? So far we have seen a bit of the background of the infographic and now we are going to get into the most complex which is to define what infographics is. With infographics one always falls into the error of believing which is just putting design together and some textual elements. But there is the first mistake and we will try to solve it in this first lesson. Infographics, unlike other forms of communication, is to inform with images. The most interesting of all this is that one makes the typical design errors, which is trying to find the design that one finds in so...”
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Course summary for: Character-based Infographic Design
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Areas
Communication, Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design

Norbi Baruch
A course by Norbi Baruch
Norberto Baruch, better known as El Norbi, is an expert in infographics and information design. He is currently in charge of researching, designing, and creating social media infographics for the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina (INDEC). He's worked for national newspapers in Argentina such as Clarín, La Nación, and Tiempo. He also created the information design degree program at the Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires, which is currently the only one of its kind in Latin America.
He has been the creative mind behind many high-profile projects, including the typography design on pennants for several NBA teams and a Coca-Cola launch campaign for the advertising agency McCann-Erickson. He also published a book of superhero and comic book character infographics for the Spanish-speaking market titled Infocomics: Los secretos de los superhéroes (y de otros personajes de historieta).
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