Caviar gráfico en gran vía [2]

Powerful words from Juantxo Cruz

He is a man that cares about his art, his profession, his newspaper but most importantly his readers

He cares about the "man on the street"

That was a really crazy work. Modesto J. Carrasco and Isabel González were the creative directors of the Gran Via Poster

I only did the coordination of all the team [and was] 1.82 meters long

We had a meeting with Madrid Department (M2) supplement in late February. First idea was to arrange a graphic on four or five newspaper pages, no more. That's enough

We needed a lot of help, so we hired beautiful Cristina Rodrigo, a great researcher, to find out all information about the historic street

A lot of Editors don't understand why an Infographic Department needs a researcher. But they need them, and not only one

During the process, we had to be doing the daily graphics too

I remembered the day terrorist band ETA killed a French Policeman in France

The First ETA Killing in our neighbourhood country. Would you imagine it?

Main editor wanted a big firing graphic, and all the team was working on the Gran Via project. Stop! let´s go to the breaking news, the real work for any person who decides to work on a paper

In the middle of March, Advertisement Department saw first [sketches] and got crazy: ‘We love that, we want a big poster’

Translating: That´s a good stuff for ads

Time was running [out as] we have to finish it by 4 April. So, we ran a lot (every building took 3 hours of work, and there are 80 buildings in the Gran Vía)

That's our bet. Functional Design, visualisation tendencies, flow statistics, cool Java scripts commands and all this stuff is great, but people on the street [do not] understand them

That poster is a classic. And Old style visual guide. For readers. For ‘madrileños’

Caviar gráfico en gran vía

Caviar gráfico en gran vía

I am waiting for more images and quotes from Juantxo Cruz – the Head of Infographics at El Mundo newspaper in Madrid

I'm afraid that this is another example of wonderful showcase visual journalism from his team

I think i'm write is thinking the poster graphic shows the entire history of every building on the "Great Way" – the ornate and upmarket shopping street in Spain's capital city

Designed in the mid 19th century to connect the Calle de Alcalá with the Plaza de España, the project required many buildings in the city to be demolished, earning it the name of "an axe blow on the map"

More great graphics from el Mundo

Pure infographic caviar

Formula One [2]

Fantastic work from El Mundo in Spain

This graphic looks lively, fun and extremely inviting

Reading graphics like this is like having money dropping out of the newspaper when you turn the page. This is the value of true infography

I like the 'chocolate' value

There are little nuggets of sweetness placed around, like treats for a child

Maybe the main image could have worked harder

For example with el Mundo's online coverage (click on the title above), we can see the the air flow runs through the car, making the photo dynamic.

Maybe this would have added complication to the infographic

The typography is consistent, which works well within the design of 'deportes'

Easy navigation

Fantastico