Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism

Open opinions

A course by Jaime Serra Palou , Infographic Designer

99% positive reviews (228)

5,442 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Open opinions

Overview

“The infographic can also be used to give an opinion. In this lesson I share some conceptual bases applied to concrete examples. ”

In this video lesson Jaime Serra Palou addresses the topic: Open opinions, 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

“Experienced the graphic treatment according to the theme, found a graphic singularity for my works, even the possibility of choosing any topic I would like to address, It had become something empty. What I really wanted was to position myself, was to participate in the content expressing my opinion on the subject. At that time, we are talking about 2008, A few years ago I worked at the newspaper La Vanguardia running the infographic department and I proposed to the newspaper's address an opinion column that instead of using the word, I would use any visual resource or also the word, why not...”

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Course summary for: Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (228)
5442 students
4 units
13 lessons (2h 5m)
12 downloads

Category
Design
Areas
Communication, Infographics, Information Design

Jaime Serra Palou

A course by Jaime Serra Palou

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Infographic Designer

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).