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Editorial design · Brief · LayoutIvey Business School2022

Ivey Brief — Workplace Gender Diversity

“Brief design for an Ivey report on workplace gender diversity — a considered visual voice for a sensitive corporate topic.”

Client
Ivey Business School
Year
2022
Discipline
Editorial design · Brief · Layout
Best for
Corporate Communications + Editorial, Executive Communications + Corporate Affairs
Skills appliedreports + annual reportsexecutive + board messagingart direction + design leadershipcontent + editorialaccessibility edi + belongingdirect mail + print productionfundraising + donor communications

The short version

Thirty-second read
The mandate
This Ivey teaching case addressed workplace gender diversity, a subject where a diagram can accidentally make a claim the research does not support, and where students arrive with strong prior positions.
The insight
Designed a clean grid and typographic hierarchy to present complex academic research on workplace gender diversity clearly for corporate and executive readers
My role + craft
Editorial design, Brief, Layout · for Ivey Business School · 2022. Concept, direction and hands-on execution.
The result
Peer-reviewed case visuals published internationally through Ivey Publishing
01Brief

This Ivey teaching case addressed workplace gender diversity, a subject where a diagram can accidentally make a claim the research does not support, and where students arrive with strong prior positions. The case is taught internationally, so the visuals had to prompt discussion rather than settle it, stay strictly faithful to the underlying data, and meet Ivey Publishing's academic print and review standards.

02Approach
  1. 01Designed a clean grid and typographic hierarchy to present complex academic research on workplace gender diversity clearly for corporate and executive readers
  2. 02Selected a restrained editorial colour palette and geometric accents to avoid typical corporate clichés while maintaining visual gravity
  3. 03Laid out the research findings with prominent pull quotes, structured tables, and balanced whitespace to keep the long-form analysis readable and engaging
03Outcomes
  • Peer-reviewed case visuals published internationally through Ivey Publishing
  • Data visualization that opens classroom debate instead of prescribing a conclusion
  • Strict fidelity to the research, with no visual amplification of findings
  • Completed a three-case body of work establishing a consistent Ivey information-design standard

Selected imagery

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Credits

Concept, art direction & execution - Shawn Van Daele for Ivey Business School, 2022.

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