Interactive publications for local governments
Client: REGILIENCE, IMPETUS, TransformAr / EU Mission on Adaptation
Project: Quick Guides on Natural Hazards — a series of ten hazard-specific guides for local and regional authorities
The Challenge
Cities across Europe face floods, heatwaves, wildfires, and storms. The research on how to respond exists. The problem is that it rarely reaches the people making decisions at street level. Any new publication entering that space also had to fight climate fatigue: years of alarming reports had trained audiences to tune out. The design had to feel like a solution, not another warning.
The Strategy
I designed a system across ten guides. A flexible grid keeps the series coherent while letting each hazard guide develop its own visual personality. Colour was chosen independently of any project branding to carry emotional weight: urgency, calm, and optimism where each was needed. Interactive overlays reveal photography beneath diagrams, making the content immersive. Each guide closes with checklists and case studies from peer cities: a deliberate shift from "here is what the research says" to "here is what you do next week."
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The Impact
The series reaches policymakers, local leaders, and practitioners with the same content, designed to land differently for each audience. Accompanying infographics and social media assets extend reach beyond the PDF. Ten guides planned; each builds on the last toward a final comprehensive edition.
