Information Design for Editorial Infographics
The Brief 1
A course by Manuel Bortoletti , Information Designer
Joined July 2021
About the video: The Brief 1
Overview
“In this lesson I will present the brief and I will analyze with you the contents on the Fukushima disaster, with the aim of deciding which types of visualization to adopt to tell the different information.”
In this video lesson Manuel Bortoletti addresses the topic: The Brief 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Information Design for Editorial Infographics. Learn to transform any topic, from tech to the environment, into a visual story by designing a clear and engaging infographic with Illustrator and InDesign.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Brief In this lesson, I'll show you the brief and we’ll analyze together the content of the main topic for the final project. The aim will be to transform the content through different types of visualization. I will now show you the content for Fukushima, but you are free to choose a topic among those proposed, or one of your choice. Usually, in an editorial office, the first phase involves receiving the brief from the journalist, which is supplemented with images and photographs, as you can see here. What you see here is the brief I received on Fukushima. It has already been broken dow...”
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Course summary for: Information Design for Editorial Infographics
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design, Interactive Design

Manuel Bortoletti
A course by Manuel Bortoletti
Manuel Bortoletti is an information designer specializing in editorial infographics. He discovered the infographic universe during his college years and, in 2015, started working in the editorial department at IL magazine, a lifestyle publication belonging to Il Sole 24 Ore. This job launched his career in the Italian and international print industry, where he's created infographics for scientific and culture magazines as well as prominent newspapers.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with La Repubblica, The New York Times T Brand Studio, The Economist, Linkiesta, and a host of other newspapers and publishers. In 2019, his work earned him the European Design Award in the Print Infographics category.
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