Westernport Biosphere • Case study
Give a complex sustainability story a clear visual structure.
Grendesign designed a report card for Westernport Biosphere, bringing imagery, Sustainable Development Goal icons and a coordinated colour system together to help readers navigate the organisation’s work.
A report with several connected stories
Westernport Biosphere needed a report card that highlighted its work in relation to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The publication had to bring several subject areas together while making each part of the story engaging and recognisable.
The task called for editorial design as well as a considered visual direction. Readers needed to see how the information was organised, recognise the goals being discussed and stay connected to the subject matter as they moved through the report.
Use imagery to bring the subject closer
Grendesign selected evocative imagery for each of the report’s pillars. The images were chosen to engage the reader with the subject, giving the publication a visual entry point alongside its written content.
That approach treated imagery as part of the communication structure. Each section could establish its subject visually before asking the reader to work through the detail, helping a multi-part report feel purposeful rather than repetitive.
Make the framework visible
The Sustainable Development Goal icons highlighted the relevant goals within the publication. Colour coordination followed the supplied style guidance, linking the different sections into one visual system.
The icons and colour treatment gave the report a consistent framework. Individual topics could retain their own emphasis while remaining connected to the broader set of goals and the identity of the publication.
Carry the design from cover to internal pages
We developed the report cover and internal spreads. Grendesign’s scope covered the design direction, desktop publishing and layout required to turn the material into a coherent publication.
A report has to work beyond its opening page. The cover establishes the subject and tone; the internal pages need to sustain that direction while giving the content a clear hierarchy. The project’s imagery, icons and colour system supplied the elements for that continuity.
A considered publication for stakeholder communication
The value of this project lies in the way a structured report can support an organisation’s communication. Westernport Biosphere’s work was presented through a consistent set of visual cues, with the design organised around the goals and topics the report needed to explain.
For organisations publishing environmental, community or impact material, the same principle applies: strong publication design makes space for the evidence and helps readers find the relationships within it. The design supports the message through structure, rather than competing with it.
What we delivered
- Report-card design for Westernport Biosphere
- Design direction, desktop publishing and page layout
- Selection of imagery for the report’s subject pillars
- Use of the 17 Sustainable Development Goal icons
- Colour coordination with the referenced UNESCO style guidelines
- Cover and internal report spreads documented in the project
About this project
What publication did Grendesign design for Westernport Biosphere?
The project was a report card highlighting the organisation’s work in relation to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Our work covered design direction, desktop publishing and layout.
How were the report’s subjects brought together visually?
The design used imagery for each subject pillar, the relevant Sustainable Development Goal icons and a coordinated colour system to link the content across the publication.
Does this project include both cover and internal page design?
Yes. We designed the report-card cover and internal spreads.
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