Empathize & Define

The Environmental Justice (EJ) Fellowship, run by the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School, is a two‑year program that equips movement leaders with design tools, coaching, and funding to create disruptive climate solutions. In July 2020 the fellowship commissioned a visual system that would explain the application process, illustrate the program’s design arc, and promote the experience on social media.

Ideate

Intent on developing a system for their application launch in less than 4 weeks, we collaborated and iterated on a set of visuals based on the core values of the fellowship.

Test
& Learn

The visual language that we developed was applied across EJ Fellowship communications (web, social, e-mail), and has served as a kit of parts which the program has built upon in subsequent years.

The application process was summarized in a series of infographics that could be easily shared regardless of platform.

The pillars of the fellowship were symbolized in a set of cohesive iconography.

The relationship circle infographic was developed to show the interconnection and partnerships that EJ fellows focus on developing. 

Infographic-style sharable imagery was created to concisely share key benefits that accepted fellows become eligible to receive. 

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Varin Volk

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Phone: +1 206 659 2390
Email: varin@volk.studio

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