Drawing conclusions

Wired magazine is one of my favourite things, love the weird cover paper, love the abundance of illustration, love the fact that they write stories about what women are up to (as well as men), so I devoured their list of the 25 big ideas for 2011.

Number 22? They say that the key to problem solving is not writing it out but drawing it out, visualising the data, instead of opening Word. Which only reassures us graphic designers, eagarly drawing rectangles and spider diagrams in briefing sessions while other people write lists. Obama does it, allegedly, and so do 'visualisation' agencies such as Scriberia (image above from their work with Tate Modern).

That's organising the Christmas wishlist sorted then!

New work

I've had a pretty busy year and finally have got round to adding a project I worked on in early summer, a rebrand for SiteVisibility. They're a leading SEO agency in Brighton who are real experts in their fields, and, working with illustrator Kate Chesterton and Grimaldi Media, we created a look and feel that illustrated this 'thinktank' approach. Characters were created for project managers, web developers, creatives and R&D experts and combined with strong typography. See more at janehilder.co.uk.