BRAND OBJECTIVE:

To uplift and protect LGBTQIA+ young people so they are able to grow up and thrive in a more loving world

PROJECT OUTLINE:

To replace the 2021 rebranded illustrations prior to their license expiration

PROJECT GOALS:

  • Create an interchangeable vector design style that will allow for hundreds of illustrative variations as diverse and expansive as Trevor’s audiences

  • Develop a system that can be implemented across newly formed Trevor ProjectcChapters across the world

  • Be able to serve as a stand-in for Trevor Branded materials when photo is not appropriate

 
 

ENTAILED

  • Preliminary illustrating

  • Developing a design system of interchangeable parts

  • Integrating teammate’s iconography and patterning into the merged illustrative style

  • Creating a proposal for approval from the head of the Marketing Content and Communications (MCC)

  • Developing a set of roughy 25 illustrations fully progressed images and 50 premade characters

  • Managing a near 50 page tutorial guide on how design teams can replicate and implement the intended design style

 
 

Below includes the design development with the originals drawing heavy inspiration from artist Ludi Leiva’s work for The Trevor Project’s 2021 rebrand under the design agency, Kettle

Under the Critiques of fellow team members Nathanio Strimpopulos (he/him), Jessy Yohn (she/they), Gciniwe Simelane (she/her), the designs evolved to the more geometric, offset styling

The final chosen designs were fine tuned to have a bit more realism touching on the original drafted drawings, while incorporating the iconography set by Jessy Yohn and the patterning done by Gciniwe Simelane