Scientific illustration that travels beyond the journal
Clients: Ruth Nelson, TU Delft and the Cape Town mobility justice research team
Projects: The Cape Town Mobility Justice publication and Illustrating Just Mobility Futures illustrated scenarios
The Challenge
Academic research on mobility justice and urban futures in Cape Town: A) important findings B) an audience that extends far beyond researchers (policymakers, communities, planners, advocates). That research needed a visual form that could travel: accessible, emotionally resonant, and accurate.
The Strategy
I developed illustrated future scenarios and comic-format storytelling to bring the research findings to life. Each illustration was built to carry specific arguments from the research while being readable by someone with no academic background. The visual language was designed to represent the communities at the center of the research, not generic stock characters.
The Impact
Illustrations used in the published report and in dissemination materials. The comic format made research findings shareable across platforms and audiences that a PDF never reaches.
