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Clarifying complex sustainability issues for non-expert audiences: using infodesign, data visualization, visual storytelling, and site-specific interaction.

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🔔ICYMI🔔 Check out Arlene's presentation at #COP29: youtube.com/live/4AVRRIe-1… She discusses how data and information can be integrated into the policy space 🌍📊

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The Green Bank Model expanded — and so did the infographic we created for it! To show their expansion into environmental infrastructure, we evolved the original graphic & illustrations we designed with CT Green Bank in 2022. Take a closer look ➡ lnkd.in/eta4AUv8

The Green Bank Model expanded — and so did the infographic we created for it!

To show their expansion into environmental infrastructure, we evolved the original graphic &amp; illustrations we designed with <a href="/CTGreenBank/">CT Green Bank</a> in 2022.

Take a closer look ➡ lnkd.in/eta4AUv8
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✨ 14% more visitors plan climate-saving actions after seeing the Energize for the Ocean campaign! We designed a flexible infographic to showcase how aquariums 🌊 inspire action at home, with local customization options. Created with Aquarium Conservation Partnership 🐡🐚🪸

✨ 14% more visitors plan climate-saving actions after seeing the Energize for the Ocean campaign!

We designed a flexible infographic to showcase how aquariums 🌊 inspire action at home, with local customization options.

Created with <a href="/aquariumconserv/">Aquarium Conservation Partnership</a>  🐡🐚🪸
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🌿 Designing a roadmap for change! We crafted an infographic for UMN Institute on the Environment’s Theory of Change, using a garden metaphor to illustrate their goals and opportunities. 🌱✨

🌿 Designing a roadmap for change!

We crafted an infographic for UMN Institute on the Environment’s Theory of Change, using a garden metaphor to illustrate their goals and opportunities. 🌱✨
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📢 Reminder! In case you missed it—Arlene will present on design for narrative storytelling at KDI Exchange. Join us on Zoom tomorrow, Friday, Jan 31, 11AM-12PM CST: lnkd.in/g8sPmMDR

📢 Reminder! In case you missed it—Arlene will present on design for narrative storytelling at KDI Exchange.

Join us on Zoom tomorrow, Friday, Jan 31, 11AM-12PM CST: lnkd.in/g8sPmMDR
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🤿 Ready to dive into climate action? We created customizable posters & handouts for the ⚡ Energize for the Ocean campaign to help aquariums inspire real-world action. 🐠 Aquariums can customize materials to connect with their local communities. Created with Aquarium Conservation Partnership

🤿 Ready to dive into climate action?

We created customizable posters &amp; handouts for the ⚡ Energize for the Ocean campaign to help aquariums inspire real-world action.

🐠 Aquariums can customize materials to connect with their local communities.

Created with <a href="/aquariumconserv/">Aquarium Conservation Partnership</a>
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🎲 Have you seen the new Catan: New Energies game in stores? I know, we’re excited too! 🤩 To celebrate the launch, we designed a custom photo-op with Connexus Energy and Catan Studio that blends artwork from the game with our own illustrations! 🌍♻️

🎲 Have you seen the new Catan: New Energies game in stores?

I know, we’re excited too! 🤩

To celebrate the launch, we designed a custom photo-op with <a href="/ConnexusNews/">Connexus Energy</a>  and <a href="/CatanStudio/">Catan Studio</a> that blends artwork from the game with our own illustrations! 🌍♻️
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Want to turn your love for the ocean into real action? 💙 We teamed up with Aquarium Conservation Partnership to create the ⚡ Energize for the Ocean microsite, packed with interactive tools to inspire climate action at home. Visit today & make waves! ➡ energizefortheocean.org

Want to turn your love for the ocean into real action? 💙 

We teamed up with <a href="/aquariumconserv/">Aquarium Conservation Partnership</a>  to create the ⚡ Energize for the Ocean microsite, packed with interactive tools to inspire climate action at home.

Visit today &amp; make waves!  ➡ energizefortheocean.org
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💭🌾How can #InformationDesign help farmers understand climate impacts? We worked with UMN Climate Adaptation Partnership to visualize their new tool — helping farmers explore shifting seasons & plan for the future. Try it ➡️ lnkd.in/dV2eHAue

💭🌾How can #InformationDesign help farmers understand climate impacts?

We worked with <a href="/UMNclimate/">UMN Climate Adaptation Partnership</a> to visualize their new tool — helping farmers explore shifting seasons &amp; plan for the future.

Try it ➡️ lnkd.in/dV2eHAue
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🤔 Participating in #PlasticFreeJuly? We’ve been proud to partner with clients working toward a world with less plastic. One example: A visual report for Monterey Bay Aquarium that distills complex plastic policy into clear, actionable insights.

🤔 Participating in #PlasticFreeJuly?

We’ve been proud to partner with clients working toward a world with less plastic.

One example: A visual report for <a href="/MontereyAq/">Monterey Bay Aquarium</a> that distills complex plastic policy into clear, actionable insights.
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🎥✨ How do overlapping identities shape our experiences? We teamed up with Women's Foundation of Minnesota to create an animated video on intersectionality — plus social graphics to share its key messages. Watch the full video ➡️ youtu.be/25fz0C6lgRs?si…

🎥✨ How do overlapping identities shape our experiences?

We teamed up with <a href="/WomensFndnMN/">Women's Foundation of Minnesota</a> to create an animated video on intersectionality — plus social graphics to share its key messages.

Watch the full video ➡️ youtu.be/25fz0C6lgRs?si…
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🌟 What is a community foundation—and how can it help you give back to the place you love? We teamed up with West Central Initiative to explain how WCI connects donors to local impact. 📹 Watch the video ➡️ youtu.be/8VoxTgTxpRg?si…

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The right graph can make your data unforgettable. In our latest newsletter: 💡 Visualizing climate change’s impact on MN farming 🤝 Animating donor impact stories 📊 Humanizing climate inaction’s cost on children 🎯 Using emotion to move audiences 🔗 tinyurl.com/mryhcm34

The right graph can make your data unforgettable.

In our latest newsletter:
💡 Visualizing climate change’s impact on MN farming
🤝 Animating donor impact stories
📊 Humanizing climate inaction’s cost on children
🎯 Using emotion to move audiences

🔗 tinyurl.com/mryhcm34
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🌾 Kernza® could transform farming — but complex stories need clear visuals. We created 4 infographics that translate Kernza’s promise into engaging narratives on its environmental & agronomic benefits.

🌾 Kernza® could transform farming — but complex stories need clear visuals.

We created 4 infographics that translate Kernza’s promise into engaging narratives on its environmental &amp; agronomic benefits.
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💡 See the power of giving back! We teamed up with West Central Initiative to create a 3-part animated series showing their impact 🌟 and how donors can support the causes they care about most 💖 🎬 Watch the first video ➡️ tinyurl.com/yjrk8kun

💡 See the power of giving back!

We teamed up with West Central Initiative to create a 3-part animated series showing their impact 🌟 and how donors can support the causes they care about most 💖

🎬 Watch the first video ➡️ tinyurl.com/yjrk8kun
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📣 ICYMI: Our spring newsletter explored telling stories with comparison data — numbers that reveal relationships & trends. Inside: 💡 Case studies from client projects 📈 Making complex data clear & compelling 🎯 Tips for designing comparison charts 🔗tinyurl.com/2r3jk68b

📣 ICYMI: Our spring newsletter explored telling stories with comparison data — numbers that reveal relationships &amp; trends.

Inside:
💡 Case studies from client projects
📈 Making complex data clear &amp; compelling
🎯 Tips for designing comparison charts

🔗tinyurl.com/2r3jk68b
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The Minnesota Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson's (OOFY) first-year annual report uses photography, illustration, and data-driven infographics to show their impact as well as systemic challenges facing foster youth — making it clear why OOFY is a critical resource. 📊✨

The Minnesota Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson's (OOFY) first-year annual report uses photography, illustration, and data-driven infographics to show their impact as well as systemic challenges facing foster youth — making it clear why OOFY is a critical resource. 📊✨