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SCMP Reporter

The South China Morning Post struck gold at the PRINT Awards 2020 for a full-page visual of arrests made in connection with the political unrest that erupted in Hong Kong last year.
The Post’s “Arrested Development” took the top prize in the editorial category. The contest for the first time accepted submissions from outside the United States and drew more than 1,300 entries from around the globe.
Formerly known as the Regional Design Awards, the competition has been held since 1980 by PRINT, based in Austin, Texas.
The jury recognised Adolfo Arranz, the Post’s deputy creative director, for conveying the scale of the arrests at a glance of the page.


Arranz drew 8,981 silhouettes to represent those arrested by the police between June 9, 2019, and May 29 this year in connection with the anti-government demonstrations.
“The design makes clever use of the broadsheet format to show how many face prosecution, are under investigation or have been released. Readers can see at a glance that more than a quarter were female, the youngest was 11 years old, the oldest 84,” the jury wrote.
The winning piece was published on July 11 to mark the one-year anniversary of protests triggered by the now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed the transfer of fugitives to jurisdictions with which Hong Kong lacks an extradition deal, including mainland China.


“We could have used charts and bar graphs to show this data but instead we put the number of detainees in a human perspective that could be visualised in a single glance,” Arranz said.
“For me and the team it has been a great satisfaction to get this award that internationally recognises our work and performance with this type of infographic that brings the story to the reader in an easy and direct way.”
Darren Long, the Post’s creative director, said: “I’m so proud to see Adolfo’s ability to glean the essence of a story and convey it visually recognised with this award. We’re also really grateful for all the data the reporters from the Hong Kong desk were able to make available.”


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South China Morning Post wins gold in global design competition for infographic on protest arrests

The jury recognised the ‘Arrested Development’ infographic by Adolfo Arranz, the Post’s deputy creative director. Graphic: SCMP

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Contest by US-based PRINT gives award for full-page visual depiction of the nearly 9,000 people arrested between June 9 last year and May 29 over the social unrest
Deputy creative director Adolfo Arranz drew silhouettes for each individual to show readers at a glance the scale of the issue



Contest by US-based PRINT gives award for full-page visual depiction of the nearly 9,000 people arrested between June 9 last year and May 29 over the social unrest.
