Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Camden Conversations
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
COVID-19 Restrictions are ending in England
...but rates are still soaring in other parts of the UK, especially Scotland. How are you feeling about this?
I was asked by a local disability charity to illustrate their members' thoughts around the ending of restrictions. I think I'm more on the cautious side still, but I am glad things are slowly getting back to normal.
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Future Vision for a Rural County
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Citizens Assembly on Climate Change
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
The Social Innovation Partnership
FLARE logo design
I was asked by a London local authority to create a logo for a parenting group that comes together to discuss ways of safeguarding children in southeast London. They are looking to expand and wanted a visual identity to help with that.
The local group name is FLARE and they wanted to reflect the friendly and inclusive nature of the group in their logo, and also welcome fathers and people from all backgrounds.
Process for logo designs: I have a briefing call with the client/s, and as it was in January 2022 this was done over Zoom. My questions focussed on the aims of the group and how they wanted to be depicted and what they wanted to amplify.
I usually sketch and share ideas while we speak to help with the process. Then I go away and have a think, add colour and then share and wait for client feedback.
Depending on the feedback I iterate once further if needed, or else move on to drawing up the final design.
This time was a straightforward process and went from this little sketch, on to the coloured version below, and then to the final version above.
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
National Voices - Storytelling for 'Voices for Improvement'
This was a collaborative project with the charity National Voices https://www.nationalvoices.org.uk/
National Voices have undergone a significant change process in order to bring more experts-by-experience into their organisation, and they wanted to document the journey they've been on, as they now offer a coaching and mentoring service for other organisations. This is the story of 'Voice for Improvement':
Process: we met and I was talked through the brief. I showed various examples of how to tackle telling the story/presenting the information. In the end, because it was quite a lot of info we opted for 3 separate storyboards. The work on the storyboards started with the client, and this sketch was done by the client and circulated with her team to ensure she'd not missed anything:
We then discussed it on a zoom call and amended as needed, going through the language and visuals to check it was communicating what was needed = complete sketch-carnage!
Afterwards I drew up the final images and they were circulated for a final check and any amends that were needed. This process started in the autumn, and the majority of the initial sketch work was done by the client, so I'm grateful for their input, as it's become a truly collaborative piece of work.
With thanks to Keymn and Rachel from National Voices, it's been a really enjoyable process.