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Graphic design and illustration

12 types of visual content to use in your articles, reports and webpages

  • by Okechukwu Umelo
  • Posted on September 17, 2018September 17, 2018
  • Best practice tips

It’s great if you have amazing copy, but if you don’t accompany it with appropriate and engaging visuals, your doing an injustice to your content. Visuals are crucial to the success of your content. In […]

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Freddy the Fly: A lesson in effective development communications

  • by Okechukwu Umelo
  • Posted on July 3, 2017November 19, 2018
  • Best practice examples

The organization I work for, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), recently released the short animated video, ‘Freddy the Fly’, which I helped produce. ‘Freddy the Fly’ tells the story of a community […]

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5 important visual lessons for content marketers

  • by Okechukwu Umelo
  • Posted on May 8, 2017May 8, 2017
  • Best practice tips

What type of content is most likely to touch emotions and increase interaction with your brand? What type of content has been shown to be more likely recalled by the majority of the American population? Visual. If content […]

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Augmented reality comic book narrates the resilience of acid attack survivors

  • by Okechukwu Umelo
  • Posted on November 28, 2016November 19, 2018
  • Advocacy

The comic book Priya’s Mirror is based on the real-life stories of several acid attack survivors in India. The book is being used to empower other survivors, address the stigma and shame around this type […]

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What’s your wish for refugee and migrant children?

  • by Okechukwu Umelo
  • Posted on September 21, 2016November 19, 2018
  • Arts for change

Top illustrators from across the globe — including Christoph Niemann, Jean Jullien and Mrzyk & Moriceau — are answering this question via the #illustrators4children campaign (Twitter). The campaign was launched by UNICEF ahead of the United […]

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Infographics, interactivity help Devex survey results stand out

  • by Okechukwu Umelo
  • Posted on November 4, 2014September 21, 2016
  • Graphic design and illustration

Here’s a great example of effectively using infographics and interactivity to present survey results. It’s brought to you by Devex, a social enterprise and media platform for the global development community. Devex recently released the […]

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