infografi is a bilingual, visual media brand that comprises a website and a quarterly magazine that is available in both print and digital format.

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Also in this issue

• How "Expensive" is it? Gas Price Comparison in Tanzania, Germany, and Singapore
• Indonesia"s Media Mogul
• 2012"S Finest Goals So Far
• Norwegian Treasure
• Journey to Kelimutu

We have been exposed to comics and cartoons since we are very little. Today, our means of communication are dominated by video, photography, and other forms of imageries. And way back before, ancestors of us Indonesians also used visual languages as a mean to communicate.

Yet stories are still delivered in dense columns of texts, which many of us wouldn’t even bother skimming.

Thus, infografi is our form of experiment in visual communication. Here, graphics are our main medium in telling every story, rather than mere decoration.

infografi will be presented in a quarterly magazine as our effort to deliver in-depth stories from Indonesia and the world from different viewpoints.

Each of our issue is composed through collaborations between young writers from different fields and talented artists. The results are visual-rich articles that comprised of comics, photographs, and infographics. At the heart of infografi is the spirit of sharing knowledge, experience, and simply good stories among good friends.

This Issue"s Contributors

Abimantrana

Abimantrana (Abi) is a holder of Bachelor"s degree in Civil Engineering from University of Indonesia. After spending a year in high school as an exchange student in Berlin, in 2011 Abi returns to Germany to work in a non-governmental organization in Hamburg. A lover of aviation since he is a little boy, Abi loves swimming and listening to audiobooks in his spare time.

Adriano Rudiman

Adriano, or Dio, a full-time movie fanatic, has involved in many creative projects-he illustrated two published Raditya Dika"s Kambing Jantan comic books, and most recently, directed a short movie titled EFFECT, earning props in Joko Anwar"s FiSFiC fantasy short movies competition. He rambles his thoughts in his @nasgort twitter account.

Ashyafat Sastrosubroto

Currently based in Arusha, Tanzania as an intern in United Nation International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as the Interns President, Ashyafat (Abi) has always loved to travel. He graduated from International Relations Department in Parahyangan University, and also an active member of AIESEC since early 2011.

Herald Reynaldo

Herald is a drummer in Jodi in The Morning Glory Parade as well as a vocalist and a guitarist in L"alphalpha-the band garnered raves during their concert in Singapore, and opened for Mogwai in Bandung last December. He also play with sounds by the moniker of @krautmilk.

M. Taufiqurrahman

Taufiq (Opiq) is a part time ad-man and a full time cook. The music lover (he is one of the three-parts Jakarta-based band {tantrum}) blogs his experiences in eating and cooking in the popular food blog babehmasak.com. Come taste some of his delectable creations in Tokove, a small cafe and eatery in Kemang, Jakarta.

Namira Primandari

Born and raised in Bandung, Namira currently works and resides in Singapore after graduating with a diploma in Design and Media from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Namira enjoys making paper craft, baking cupcakes, and playing ukulele. Her wish is to become an illustrator for children"s books in Indonesia.

Oktavina Qurrota Ayun

Oktavina Qurrota Ayun"s passions spans between architecture and writing, with education somewhere in between. Having been a writer since she published her own magazine in third grade (a collection of short stories for father and mother), Oktavina (Vivien) is a former writer for ITB"s students magazine. She worked for Imelda Akmal Architectural Writers where she co-wrote 50 Indonesian Interior + Product Designers and Indonesian Architects at IAWT Tokyo 2011. Now she teaches in Maruat, East Kalimantan one of Pengajar Muda, Indonesia"s troupe of undergraduates who teaches in remote areas all over Indonesia-her story in this issue is about her activities in her post in Maruat, East Kalimantan. She holds a Bachelor"s degree in Architecture from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB).

Paskalis Khrisno Ayodyantoro

Paskalis founded JongArsitek! (jongarsitek.com), an online media channeling thoughts from Indonesian young architects in 2007. Currently working as an architect at Han Awal and Partners under the scrutiny of Indonesian greats like Han Awal and Yori Antar, Paskalis indulges himself by traveling and writing, taking architectural and social projects in remote parts in Indonesia, including Sumba and Flores.

Rezky Afriza

An architect in the making-he had done internship at Bali"s well-known architect Popo Danes-Rezky enjoys music, movies, making videos, and traveling. Earlier this year, he lived in Turkey for two months in AIESEC exchange program.

Rizki Nauli Siregar

Rizki Nauli Siregar (Kiki) is a researcher and a teacher in University of Indonesia. A member of White Margin, a group of Indonesian young economists, Kiki holds a Master"s degree from Boston University. Her interests include, but not limited to, international trade, environmental economics, and macroeconomics. Kiki is also an art lover: she is one of the cofounder of ber.seni, an art space in Jakarta. She also blogs her thoughts in beritasatu.com.

Rizqi Arfiyanto

Rizqi makes the most of his barren everyday studying Product Design at Institut Teknologi Bandung, -yet he devoted his life in much diverse delicacy: he is one genuine football buff and a proud hip hop worshipper.

Titis Lintang Andari

Titis has been hitting the roads since 2002, both throughout Indonesia and around the world. Her favorite experiences so far are, among others, the hiking up to Mount Lawu, living with locals in the Raja Ampat islands, and a cultural backpacking trip to the Angkor temples. A lawyer by day and a volunteer for an intercultural program for the rest of the remaining hours, her past publications include an essay on Jurgen Habermas" public sphere in the book titled Sosiologi Hukum dalam Perubahan, and various case reviews for the David Martin Clark"s Case Notes, an internationally renowned maritime arbitrator based in London. @TitisAndari is the gateway to see how she projects herself in the banal daily life.

infografi"s print edition is coming very soon; watch this site to find out where you can get it.