Elena Urizar's blog

The Posidonia is a sea grass that populates the Mediterranean waters and as many others issues regarding our world ecosystem is in emergency state. The Save Posidonia Forum is an event in which the projects and presentations that qualify for the title Save Posidonia are exposed, aspiring to reach international awareness on the implementation of sustainable models in Mediterranean communities and, very particularly, in Formentera, a small island in the Balearic archipielago.

Happy and excited arrived to one my second gig, as a professional graphic recorder,

after observing the work of my global colleagues, using humongous rolls of white paper

on flat white walls, haven´t realised the importance of the working surface.

Then I arrived to "El Casino de Madrid" a landmark of the city, a historical building

in which I had been many times before but, of course, looking at it with different eyes.

Then my brain used a tool A.K.A. the RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM

Mantener el fuego vivo y las ganas de reunirse de una comunidad emergente de profesionales de la visualización en el marco europeo ha sido tanto un desafío como una motivación. La inspiración comenzó con la elección del lugar, Dimad - La Central de Diseño - una asociación creada por diseñadores para el desarrollo de la cultura del diseño como herramienta para la transformación y mejora de la sociedad.

EUROPEAN VISUAL PRACTITIONERS - MADRID MEETING

April 29-30, 2018

Being responsible for keeping the fire alive on a moving trail of an emerging community of visual practitioners in Europe was both a challenge and a motivation.