Updated Sunday, Sept. 27, at 10:04 EST
TAKEAWAY: This weekend we post Pure Design’s download #57, all about the importance of infographics in the stoytelling process. Perhaps the era of the super mega two-page graphic is gone—victim of the economic crisis which affords us fewer pages, or perhaps because those digital natives out there prefer their graphics animated, but love the simple and to the point explanatory graphic in their printed newspaper. SEQUELS: Two cities, two photo exhibits this weekend in Chicago (Ron Reason gallery) and Camaguey (Cuba) at the Galería Taller Larios. SUNDAY: Jacky makes his picks from Bild Am Sonntag
Der Spiegel of Germany: experimental cover
With the German elections today, the weekly magazine Der Spiegel displays an innovative approach to its 21-9-09 edition. It includes a sort of three dimensional effect where can see images of the two leading candidates, Chancellor Angela Markel, or opponent Frank-Walter Steinmeier
See the photos of the cover here, plus a video that shows you how the photos of the two politicians can be superimposed over each other as one moves the cover.
It is election day in Germany this Sunday, so Bild am Sonntag devoted its entire front page to the subject, with several inside pages also covering it. For Jacky, the best of the traditional Bild am Sonntag treatment today was a sports single spage story headlined: What are the 6 Hottest Rumors about Formula One?
Who is Jacky?
Jacky belongs to Frank Deville. The Luxembourg-based pooch is an “avid reader” of the German newspaper, Bild Am Sonntag. Every Sunday Jacky picks stories and interesting graphics in Bild Am Sonntag , the German newspaper.
When an infographic is the best way to tell a complicated (or even ordinary) story
From The Denver Post: Jeff Goertzen contributes some of his latest infographic creations
The mega graphic by Seyyed de la Llata, Gulf News artist, explains how Dubai’s new public transportation system works. See also Jacob Hernandez’ interactive graphic:
At its simplest level: a basic graphic that acts like a “charticle” to convey important information at a glance.
From Italy’s Il Secolo XIX and France’s La Tribune: the photo/graphic combo
Brazil’s Folha de Sao Paulo has created a special color palette for its infographics, separating those that go for business, as opposed to general news, or culture/entertainment.
From The Seattle Times: the explanatory graphic that becomes the story—rules for bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians
This informational graphic from the Gulf News (Dubai). Miguel Gomez, art director, shares this two-page graphic, by staff artist Dwynn Ronald Trazo, tracing the trajectory of the Dow Jones index for the entire year following the collapse of Lehman Brothers
For our coverage of Dubai’s Gulf News use of infographics to introduce readers to the new Metro transportation system:
https://www.garciamedia.com/admin/index.php?S=52db874cc8d757c63f01b22304f01f78c17f3503&C=edit&M=edit_entry&weblog_id=6&entry_id=727
Tale of two photo exhibits, in two cities, this weekend
Chicago: Ron Reason’s captures his summer’s highlights
Images from the Ron Reason exhibit: a tour of the Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial
Ron Reason spent much of the summer balancing newspaper design work (including collaborating with Garcia Media on the launch of the daily NEXT in Lagos, Nigeria) and personal pursuits, specifically, his growing interest in photography.
As some readers of this blog may know, last year Ron expanded his passions for the art world by running a part-time gallery out of his design studio in Chicago. Over the course of a year he hosted 10 exhibits, ranging from paintings to fiber arts to screen printing, as well as a bit of his own photography. Six of the exhibits were selected as highlights by the Galleries pages of the Chicago Reader. (An entertaining overview of some of the featured artists can be found here: http://www.artwithinreason.com/gallery/index.html )
This year Ron takes his interests to the next level: fewer exhibits, focusing more on his own work, and narrowing his subject matter. Exhibits will be less frequent (he says: “the day job beckons!”) and move out of the design studio and into other spaces around Chicago, in hopes of reaching more diverse audiences. The first effort is this weekend, opening Friday Sept. 25, 2009, when Ron co-hosts a group benefit show for the second year with Chicago’s innovative Firebelly Design firm. (Check out their innovative designs on their web site, starting at the “portfolio” link: http://firebellydesign.com/) Last year Ron and Firebelly raised $2,000 for arts programs in Chicago public schools.
“History’s Playground”: Ron’s lens focuses on Holocaust Memorial
The exhibit this year will be an anchor of the Pilsen East 39th Annual Artists Open House weekend. All proceeds from their show will benefit two charities dear to Ron and Firebelly: The Hope Library, which Ron helped start in the slums of Nairobi while working on the redesign of The Standard newspaper last year, and a foundation started by Firebelly to lend a helping hand in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood – coincidentally named “Reason to Give.” (web: http://reasontogive.org/) Just one of the many synergies between Ron and his friends at the socially-conscious Firebelly. “Their motto is actually ‘good design for good reason’ – at one point I realized I either had to sue these people or join forces,” laughs Ron. “Joining forces has been more fun.”
Ron’s photo work in this show is titled “History’s Playground” and focuses on a narrow slice of his observations from the summer.
“While touring Berlin, I visited the Holocaust memorial – actually titled Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. The site itself is quite moving – solid stone structures that depending on the vantage point, from outside or within, can resemble a graveyard, canyons, a futuristic maze, or a cityscape.”
Ron adds that no specific meaning is implied, according to the site’s creators. More on the memorial site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe)
“While making my rounds on the site, I noticed a group of school kids darting about – suddenly appearing here or there, playing hide and seek, not concerned at all, at least for a moment, with the solemnity of the place. I thought: that’s life, we honor what comes before us and simultaneously move forward. I just started shooting and had to be quicker than the kids. The finished images, about a dozen, for me recall the final lines of ‘Angels in America’ – the world only spins forward …”
Ron says “work from the Firebelly crew will appeal to type and design nerds of all kinds – they’ll show letterpress prints, type drawings, font design, collages, engraved wooden speech bubbles, 8-bit art, t-shirts, posters and more.” The exhibit is free and open to the public. For those in Chicago, see website below for more about the show, hours and directions: http://www.artwithinreason.com
In Camaguey, Cuba: At the Larios Gallery
An image from the many that will appear in the Cannatello exhibit at Galería Taller Larios this weekend
The gallery of renowned Cuban environmental artist, Orestes Larios Zaak, is a busy place these days. This weekend, Larios opens a photo exhibit titled “Sardegna: Una Isla Por Descubrir” (Sardinia: An Island to be Discovered), with a collection of photos by Italian photographer Alfredo Cannatello. Curator for the exhibit is Lic. Pavel Barrios.
The exhibit opens September 26 at 8:30 pm at the Galería Taller Larios, in Camaguey, the eastern Cuban province. According to Larios:
This is a special collection, unique in its perspective about landscapes and interesting people of the island of Sardinia, a place where medieval traditions are kept very much alive. It is a place where one can still see a horse and carriage, slowly moving us from here to there, as if time had stood still, which, in some ways, it has here. This is Cannatello’s first Cuban exhibit and we are very proud that our Galería Taller Larios is the host for a very special event.
For photography lovers, two great occasions to celebrate.
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