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PARTNER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR • PRINCIPAL
  Washington, DC, U.S.   •  T. 202.215.8491   •   jvelasco@5wgraphics.com
 
Juan Velasco co-founded 5W Infographics in January 2002. Currently, he is also the Senior Graphics Editor of National Geographic magazine. Juan has won over fifty Society for News Design awards, ten Malofiej awards, two Society of Publication Design awards … read more
PARTNER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR • PRINCIPAL
  New York, U.S.   •   T. 646.596.9072   •   C. 917.626.6223   •   svelasco@5wgraphics.com
 
Samuel Velasco is co-partner of 5W Infographics and its Creative Director. He is an infographic artist, illustrator, and designer. Samuel began as a freelance illustrator in 1983, and has had a prolific career as a children’s books illustrator. For his work in this ... read more
INFORMATION DESIGN DIRECTOR • PRINCIPAL
  New York, U.S.   •   T. 212.721.0821   •   C. 917.647.4735   •   leckstein@5wgraphics.com
 
Linda Eckstein is an information design expert and a consultant. For over twenty years, Linda was Fortune magazine’s Director of Graphics, distilling complex financial and economic data into accessible graphic representations. Under her direction, Fortune ... read more
 
 
DESIGN DIRECTOR • PRINCIPAL
  New York, U.S.   •  T. 646.578.2440   
 
Vitomir Zarkovic began his design career in 1991, in Zagreb, Croatia. He worked as a designer and layout artist at several magazines until 1996, when he became the Art Director for the prestigious art magazine Kontura. Besides his magazine work, he ran a design studio in Zagreb... read more
INFORMATION DESIGN CONSULTANT
  New York, U.S.   •   T. 212.243.7853   •   ggates@5wgraphics.com
 
Guilbert Gates has over twenty years of experience producing technical illustrations, maps, and information graphics. For the past several years, he has been working primarily for The New York Times, researching, writing, and producing graphics for their Sunday Business ... read more
VISUAL JURNALISM AND MEDIA CONSULTANT
  New York, U.S.   •   T. 917.338.661   •   C. 646.256.7994   •   jmignon@5wgraphics.com
 
Jeff Mignon is the CEO and Creative Director of 5W Mignon Media, a company he established in 2003. Before creating 5W Mignon Media, Jeff was one of the founders of 5W Infographics, along with Juan and Samuel Velasco. He was also one of the creators of 4to14.com .. read more
 
DESIGN DIRECTOR - 5W SPAIN
  Madrid, Spain   •   T. +(34) 91.522.2184   •   C. +(34) 655.908.180   •   mvelasco@5wgraphics.com
 
Martin Velasco is an infographics artist, and the Director of 5W Infographics Spain. He was one of the founding members of the company in 2002. As a direct result of his management skills, the client base of 5W Infographics Spain has expanded greatly through Europe .. read more
ILLUSTRATION AND INFORMATION DESIGN - 5W SPAIN
  Madrid, Spain   •   T. +(34) 91.521.6267   •   C. +(34) 665.942.272   •   pvelasco@5wgraphics.com
 
Pedro Velasco is an infographics artist and illustrator. He was one of the founding members of 5W Infographics Spain in 2002. His finely crafted realistic illustrations and graphics for 5W have appeared in many leading publications in Europe and the U.S. .. read more