PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Four years into the Covid-19 pandemic many aspects of the disease remain a mystery. While most people recover from the illness as though it were a bad flu or cold, others develop debilitating symptoms and lingering infections that stretch for months and even years. Long Covid affects an estimated 65 million people around the world. According to some counts, nearly one in five adults in the US who had Covid now have Long Covid. Yet there is still a sense of disconnection and minimization for sufferers as they interact with their doctors and other professionals in the medical field.

Pentagram partner Giorgia Lupi has experienced all of this firsthand. She first came down with Covid-19 in March 2020, when the pandemic arrived in New York; three and a half years and two subsequent infections later, she is still dealing with daily symptoms that may range from fatigue, nausea and dizziness to severe headaches and nerve pain that make it difficult to function. She shares her journey in a visual essay for The New York Times that uses data visualization to convey the overwhelming experience of Long Covid.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Entry Type: Single Entry

Channel: Digital

Primary Role of the Designer: Designer as author

Client Relationship: A retainer relationship

Intention of the Project: Introduction of a new product, service, or program

Development Budget: Decline to state

Production/Execution Budget: Decline to state

Source of Funding: Client

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CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: Giorgia Lupi

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Designers: Gabrielle Merite, Jacopo Poletto, Tommaso Renzini, Julia Saimo

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Developers: Guillermo Brotons, Nathan Gordon, Gabrielle Harlid, Kirsten Holland, Nate Minnick, Alex Muñoz, Chérif Zouein, Jeremy Ashkenas

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Other Credits: Phillip Cox - Associate Partner, Madeleine Garner - Project Manager

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