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.
But it works...
Featuring loveable robot Dev – a nod to all rookie developers. Created for Manchester University.
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.
Behaviour Driven Development
Cartoons are a great way to slice through a dry concept… Created for University of Manchester.
Know your Customer
Created from a conversation about Digital Transformation with The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Chaos Engineering
Well indeed… Created for the University of Manchester.
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.
Basic Intelligence
Cartoons often utilise cultural props that people recognise. Created for Royal Society of Chemistry.
Design-a-tron 3000
If in doubt always head for silly… Created for the University of Manchester.
It's Magic!
An absurd poster. Created for BreakFreeFromPlastic.
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.