Articles, advice and musings in the world of graphic design, branding, corporate reporting and so much more.
When you design a PowerPoint presentation, you want to get and keep that attention. Your aim should be to leverage the world's most lucrative currency to meet your objective. A well-designed PowerPoint has the power to captivate an audience by simplifying complex subjects and creating visual aids for composite data. It can persuade and engage, validating your topic.
Setting (or typesetting) a clear set of financial statements in annual reports and accounts is an art in itself. They should combine standard accounting practices and enhanced design and typography to bring a higher level of clarity and enhance the brand.
After great success in London, Navig8 is opening an annual report design agency and graphic design agency in Liverpool.
Through some long-standing relationships, of some 18 years or more, Navig8 collaborated with the marketing and content agency Coupler in Oslo, Norway, to deliver an annual report for Håndverksgruppen.
The Co-operative Bank had not used an external design agency for its annual report design and production. Working with one point of contact at the bank, this project was a joy to deliver.
ESG reports provide qualitative and quantitative insights on three core initiatives: Environmental, Governance, and Social.
A brochure is a different beast to a leaflet, report or magazine. A brochure tends to be an asset that details a company’s offering, service or product range. It’s more likely to be printed as something that you might leave with potential clients or hand out at exhibitions. Kinda old school, but still relevant.
Environmental, Social, and Governance commonly referred to as ESG reporting is a way for corporations to uncover methods, define goals and deliver results.
Rebranding an organisation that has some perceived problems can present opportunities and pitfalls. All brands have inherent brand equity, good or bad.
Using three diverse examples. let’s discuss the advantages of a timeline for an annual report and stakeholder communication.
Whether an organisation is young or old, a timeline is a visually engaging way of illustrating milestones in its journey. They illustrate to stakeholders how an organisation has grown, diversified and delivered key moments in their journey.
Stakeholders and potential investors are focusing more and more on sustainability, CSR (Corporate, Social, Responsibility) and ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) as part of their assessment of a company’s viability.
Organisations should seize the opportunity to showcase and implement their CSR, ESG and sustainability goals in all their corporate communications.
Typographic hierarchy is extremely important and is something that your designer will take care of when designing your publications. However, it is often the case that when we receive content from a client, it is not always obvious what is what.
Adobe’s InCopy enables editors and content generators to edit InDesign files without interfering with the design. Both parties can work on a shared file, the editors make editorial changes and these are automatically updated in the designer’s InDesign file.
Delivering and type of report can be a difficult job, but even more so; an annual report. This article briefly details the ‘hazards’ that can make life a little harder for everyone and the best practices for delivering one smoothly.
Icons, icons, icons – they are everywhere. We get requests for icons all the time; for annual reports, infographics and branding, to name a few.
This case study talks you through the NAHL annual report process and deliverables; from concept to fulfillment and the repurposing of the content into an online digital report.
Commissioning photography for a report, annual report or any publication does not need to be expensive and will deliver excellent value for years to come. With a little planning and organisation a day's photoshoot will make a massive difference to the finished product and ensure the imagery is real and relevant.
Not every organisation has a large photo library with high-quality, relevant and bespoke photography and even if they do, there is often a need to turn to a stock library to fulfill content that the in-house library cannot. That doesn't mean you have to end up using ‘too perfect’ people in unrealistic situations.
Why is the content supply and its format so important to delivering a successful and painless annual report? What can a client do to make sure the data and content is faithfully reproduced in the final publication?
Supplying content in a way that minimises misunderstandings, styling errors and omissions is extremely important to preserve the integrity of the report.
Here we go through the absolute ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’.
