Let’s Get Abstract! The Language of Animation in Documentary Films Between Information and Narrative

This volume presents the second edition of the Erasmus
Informanimation Intensive Programme, that took place
in Alghero, Italy, in June 2012. Lead by the Alghero
School of Design in collaboration with TEI Athens, UEM
Madrid, Liverpool John Moores University and the
University of Glamorgan, the project brought together
more than forty European students, educators,
industry experts and scholars.
The first part of the volume contains a series of articles
by the IP's teaching staff, developing the themes
presented during the course lectures.
The volume's second part presents the outcome of the
intensive and challenging design workshop, in which six
design briefs, provided by a selection of non-profit
commissioners and encompassing environmental,
social and cultural topics, were developed into eight
successful informanimations