Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
“For thousands of years, earth’s resources have been extracted by bodies, most of whom were not free,” reads one of the opening pages of The Extreme Self. “But now, it’s our bodies, and our selves, being extracted. And… mostly we offer it up for FREE.” The word FREE stretches upwards away from the rest of the sentence, its serifs are...
Social media has changed the way creators and visual artists think about representing their work. For many, Instagram, Behance, and Twitter have replaced or profoundly augmented how they can showcase their designs, gain a new audience and, ultimately, get more work. With Covid-19 bringing most of the world into the online space as a powerful mode of communication and interaction,...
In August 2014, a month before I became chair of the graphic design program at California College of the Arts, I was invited to a mysterious event: an evening with the celebrated Google Glass designer Isabelle Olsson at the Battery, a members-only club in San Francisco for tech elites. According to the invitation, the gathering was part of “Facebook’s Women...
In an ocean of Squarespace sites and Behance portfolios, it can be easy to forget that there are limitless ways to represent your work. Not all of them require custom coding, or even fancy images. In fact, some of the most compelling portfolios we’ve seen use what you could call “off-the-rack” solutions that designers have taken advantage of to bring...
When the pandemic hit and museums and galleries closed their doors, many were forced to quickly adapt their programming to keep speaking with their audiences despite the enforced physical separation. You don’t need me to tell you these results have been a mixed bag: from insightful lectures to slideshows masquerading as exhibitions; poor connections to racist zoom-bombers; poorly-attended livestreams to...
171 medios de comunicación de 32 países han presentado su candidatura a la 29ª edición de los Premios Malofiej de Infografía , organizados por Society for News Design España y la Escuela de Comunicación de la Universidad de Navarra. De estas entradas, 399 están en las categorías de gráficos impresos, 709 en las categorías de infografías digitales y 36 en la categoría...
Democracia Estudio obtiene el Oro en loa categoría de Branding. Oro para Democracia Estudio El pasado 12 de junio se celebró una gala temática para anunciar los proyectos ganadores en la última edición de los European Design Awards. Esta gala sustituía a la gala presencial que debía haberse celebrado en la ciudad de València pero que debió ser pospuesta como...
Los premios Laus 2021 premian con varios galardones a Democràcia, Diego Mir, Ibán Ramón y Migue Martí. Hace escasos días se dieron a conocer los proyectos galardonados en la última edición de los Premios Laus, otorgados por la asociación ADG-FAD. A continuación repasamos, por categorías, los proyectos galardonados con vinculación valenciana. Identidad corporativa Meteorito Estudio: Ogarenyo (Plata, Naming) Migue Martí:...
When trying to understand how cities work – how they develop over time and how their social lives have come into existence – urbanists often look at infrastructure. Looking closely at the roads, railways, sewers, electricity lines and rivers that run through a place can often uncover some essential truths. For example, how can we think about Los Angeles without...
El valenciano David Fernández es director de arte de Ustwo Games, empresa creadora del juego. Alba es una niña que aprovecha sus vacaciones de verano en la localidad ficticia de Pinar del Mar para poner en marcha una iniciativa con la que salvar la fauna de la isla y evitar la construcción de un hotel. Este es el sencillo argumento...
Abel Chan Arce, alias Polygonatic, es un artista y animador 3D con 10 años de experiencia en la creación de gráficos de difusión, visuales de conciertos, secuencias de títulos y efectos visuales. Produce contenidos alucinantes logrados con Cinema 4D, After Effects, Substance Designer, Substance Painter y Marvelous Designer. Además, utiliza TurbulenceFD, X-Particles, Forester y SpeedTree. Sus trabajos se centran en...
Like many people, Caroline Reid experienced a sudden and unwelcome drop in business when the pandemic hit the U.S. last spring. An Australian comedian based in Miami, Reid went from giving live performances to figuring out online shows, some of which, she says, “were absolutely awful and horrendous.” The shutdown of global travel didn’t mix well with the content of...
