Cartoons
A humorous and visual story – that’s what a great cartoon conveys – and they can be used almost anywhere. Visual Thinkery cartoons have been used to help European Commissioners think about plastic pollution, provide engaging internal comms on Digital Transformation, and to bring word-heavy learning materials to life.
All the examples below have been created using Visual Thinkery’s 10 ideas process, which explores multiple directions collaboratively using conversation.
Pesky Ethics
An idea to emerge from a conversation with the OER24 conference team.
It's my baby
A cartoon exploring the possibilities of Reclaim Press – a product offering from Reclaim Hosting (big fan!).
But it works...
Featuring loveable robot Dev – a nod to all rookie developers. Created for Manchester University.
Silver Hydrogen Bullet
Of course, there’s no such thing. Created for ECOS.
Safety Instructions
As part of a campaign to encourage the use of reusable masks, we took the aesthetic of Airline Safety Instructions, and some of its recognisable phrases – “place over nose and mouth and breath easily…” Created for BreakFreeFromPlastic
Agile, Agile, Agile
This cartoon might only make sense if you’ve worked anywhere near a software development team. Created for Manchester University.
Craic
This is from a series about Ulster called A Patchwork Province
Different types of hurdle
Created for the LiveSciences3 Project at the University of Göttingen.
Basic Intelligence
Cartoons often utilise cultural props that people recognise. Created for Royal Society of Chemistry.
It's Magic!
An absurd poster. Created for BreakFreeFromPlastic.
Social Captial
A cartoon created for University of Manchester about privilege.
Just Business
A cartoon for ECOS on how the industry puts the blame for plastic waste onto the consumer.
Iceberg Toy
This cartoon for ECOS highlights the hidden cost of packaging on pretty much every product we buy.
Wallpaper
This cartoon is from a set on the theme of Digital Storytelling for Queen’s University Belfast.
Be Specific
Another Digital Storytelling cartoon for QUB, talking about being more specific in your storytelling.
Lying around the Internet
A cartoon to help highlight the issues of copyright in Digital Storytelling for QUB.
It's not you...
This cartoon was created for EEB about the planned obsolescence of domestic technology.
Customer Focus
From a discussion about Digital Transformation with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dodgy Back End
There is always humour to be found in conversations. This was created for the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Only a matter of Junk
This cartoon is from a EU campaign to add energy labels to mobile phones. Created for ECOS.
Messy Data
A little story about messy data created with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Design-a-tron 3000
If in doubt always head for silly… Created for the University of Manchester.
Fearless Failure
Created for the University of Manchester.
Shape the new world
It’s off-the-cuff comments like this that make a resonating cartoon… Created from a conversation with the DX team at the RSC.