Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism
The encounter with 'me'
A course by Jaime Serra Palou , Infographic Designer
About the video: The encounter with 'me'
Overview
“Can journalistic infography be made with the signature of an author without betraying its main function? I asked myself this question in the mid-nineties. This lesson is the answer. ”
In this video lesson Jaime Serra Palou addresses the topic: The encounter with 'me', which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism. Learn to visualize data in an artistic way through images and text.
Partial transcription of the video
“Just as a text's grammatical style makes its author recognizable or frames a perspective. photography's can do the same. The perspective can also make a photograph's author recognizable. I wondered if it was possible to create infographics that achieve this effect. where to position oneself as the author without contradicting the primary function of infographics. which is to inform. On the contrary. perhaps even enhancing it. right? By enhancing it. right? I've always created works purely for the joy of it. like those you see here. are quite old. or the book I made for my son at birth. or l...”
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Course summary for: Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism
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Communication, Infographics, Information Design
Jaime Serra Palou
A course by Jaime Serra Palou
Jaime Serra has over 25 years' professional experience in the journalism industry working with infographics. He started his career in the mid '80s, when infographics were first being used as a journalistic tool. A decade later, he contributed to revolutionizing the infographics industry while working for the Argentinian newspaper Clarín. Twenty years later, he was recognized by the Society For News Design as the most influential infographics artist in the world during the period of 1992-2002.
He has been a creator, director, and consultant for prestigious media companies and their infographic departments in Latin America and Europe, including Clarín (Argentina, 1995-2001) and La Vanguardia (Spain, 2008-2018).
He also showcases his work in contemporary art spaces and publications for international media outlets, such as El Mundo (Spain), O Globo (Brazil), La Nación (Argentina) and El Financiero (Mexico).
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