Graphic Design Support / Report / Charts
East Sussex County Council hosted a project to understand the supply and demand of nature-based solutions for carbon sequestration and offsetting. Part of this work was to produce a report to support the development and delivery of a coherent nature-based carbon sequestration offer. This was funded by the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SE LEP).
Work was guided by a Steering Group including: East Sussex County Council, Sussex Nature Partnership, Kent Wildlife Trust, Essex County Council, Kent County Council, Kent Nature Partnership, South Downs National Park Authority, Forestry Commission (SE), Environment Agency, Woodland Trust, Southern Water, University of Brighton Clean Growth Hub.
This project needed a quick turnaround, due to multiple draft revisions through the steering group. Provided with the final copy and a few photos from Sussex Wildlife Trusts’ photo library, we set about turning the content into a clear, engaging, fully-designed report. There was no set branding in place, so a sample cover and a couple of designed pages were created to set the overarching style for the report.
The final report comprised of 20 pages with several charts needing to be designed. The report was turned around over several days including a couple of proofing rounds. To keep within budget fonts were selected from Google Fonts, the background illustrations sourced from a stock library and edited to match the colour palette, and additional images from unsplash.com
Working on projects with large steering groups, it’s important to have one point of contact for feedback and revisions. This point of contact had the support of the group and was able to make a final call on proofing rounds and sign-off. This enabled us to turn this report around on budget and on time.
