The project combines an educational initiative, a learning resource and a visual system into a single, structured framework. It focuses on creative writing as a tool to support literacy and belonging for young asylum seekers and refugees.
My role was to shape this into a coherent and usable system. Design acts as a structuring tool, organising content, supporting navigation and making the resource adaptable across different contexts, from classrooms to community and cultural spaces.
What was delivered
At the beginning of the project, the resources already existed, but they were fragmented, presented in different formats and interpreted in different ways, without a clear structure.
The task was to bring them into a cohesive system, build a clear logic and create a resource that could be used immediately, both digitally and in print.
⇢ Logo and Colour System
⇢ Postcards
⇢ Max Literacy Resource
⇢ Practical templates
⇢ Postcards
⇢ Max Literacy Resource
⇢ Practical templates
Visual identity and colour system
The project started with developing a logo and colour system that set the foundation for the whole resource.
The logo combines the project name with a hand-drawn architectural form. The shape remains open and universal, allowing each viewer to interpret it through their own associations with the city.
The colour palette is based on bright tones inspired by exotic fruits, reflecting cultural diversity and movement, which are central to the project.
Several colour directions were tested in print, leading to a palette that works consistently across both digital and physical formats.
Printed materials and System testing
Postcards were the first application of the visual system and were used to test colour, composition and layout in print.
The sponsor section was more complex due to the number and diversity of contributors. They varied in visual style and level of involvement, so the task required both visual and logical organisation.
The solution was built through alignment, scaling and structuring, resulting in a clear and balanced composition that was positively noted by the client.
Educational resource and content structure
The resource became the central part of the project.
At the start, it was a collection of disconnected content. Design played a key role in organising it, helping to establish structure, hierarchy and flow. As the work developed in real time, the structure evolved alongside the content.
The interactive format allowed flexibility, making it possible to rearrange sections and refine navigation without relying on a strict linear order.
The result is a system where some parts follow a clear sequence, while others can be used independently, depending on the context.
All elements were designed to remain clear and meaningful in both digital and printed versions.
Process and outcome
The project developed alongside the ongoing programme, with the resource being used even in its draft stages.
This meant that structure, templates and content were tested in real use and refined as the work progressed.
As a result, the final resource is not only structured and clear, but already integrated into practice, supporting real use from the start.
Practical tools and learning templates
Templates connect the content with practical use.
They are embedded in the resource as step-by-step demonstrations of the process, showing how the tools are used within the interactive version. At the same time, they exist as separate printable materials for working with participants.
This allows a direct move from explanation to action.
Feedback
Refugee Week UK & Global Coordinator team
“Ganna produced our Max Literacy Resource: A Word to our City on behalf of Nottingham Contemporary. She was an absolute dream to work with, she provided with ideas based on what she had heard about the programme and was very clear in the information she required to produce our vision. She took the basics and made it into something more than we imagined. She was extremely patient with all of our back and forth as we changed our ideas or had more voices joining the mix, not very helpful for Ganna, but she managed this extremely well and patiently producing our excellently designed resource. Thank you Ganna, I would love to work with you again.”
Lisa Jacques, Refugee Week UK & Global Coordinator
“Thank you so much Ganna! I'm sorry we were an absolute pain to work with ;) but we really enjoyed working with you and the amazing resource you have produced for us.
Thank you so much.”
Thank you so much.”