Pollen Studio

+ Bush Prize Books On Innovation: A series of print books that bring narrative and design to traditional evaluation case studies. + The Gathering Notebook: A tactile print piece designed as special event keepsake. + Illustrated social media campaigns for Give to the Max Day and narrative storytelling combined with custom event design. + McKnight Foundation 2016 Annual Report: A fresh, editorialized approach to the traditional annual report. + An ongoing creative partnership from branding, to design, to storytelling. + ThisIsMpls.com Voter Guide: Reimagining the voter guide through a creative collaboration. + Forging Trust: An all day event with custom branding, compelling moments, and thought-provoking programming. + Strategic Plan Design: Elevated a strategic plan through custom visuals and storytelling. + Werk It: Showcasing That Hustle: An experiential event — not your typical nonprofit gala. + SHOW UP: A visual-forward social media campaign to launch a new season and member drive. + Stories: An editorial story series created in partnership with Youthprise youth that brought dimension to the foundation’s work. + Federal Budget Campaign Illustrations: A series of complex illustrations and patterns that infused boldness, personality, and meaning into a traditional policy awareness campaign. + 30th Anniversary Celebration: No gala event here — In partnership with Events by Lady K, we’re hosting four intimate dinner parties to engage key stakeholders leading up to a large, fall celebration summit. + Annual Report: To celebrate their first year of civic search, we flipped the traditional annual report inside out and created a narrative, illustrated story-graphic. + 50 Over 50: Rooted in our storytelling and event design, this program partnership celebrates accomplished individuals over 50. + Messaging and Design: From launching new products to refreshing old materials, we’ve been an ongoing message-testing and design partner. + Illustrations: Custom narrative-driven illustrations that elevate Wise Ink’s branding and scream heart and personality. + Messaging and Design: Hired by the City of Minneapolis to bring more storytelling to Step Up’s messaging and refine their visual ecosystem. + Annual Report: Custom photos and stories to create an accessible annual report with visual assets to be used beyond the report. + Stories: Narrative-driven stories with custom photos that showcase the impact of grantees’ work. + Feature Stories: In-depth narrative stories with custom photography and illustration that dug into complex issues and innovations in MN’s healthcare system. + Launch Party: Event design that was fun, colorful, engaging, and partner-driven to celebrate the launch of Make It. MSP. + Storytelling: To drive attention to upcoming events, we created pre-event stories that showcased the topics and speakers. + Storytelling: Combining photo assets with storytelling, we highlighted their experience with Standing Rock. + Branding and Website Design: Created inviting, fresh branding and website that represent the smart but playful nature of T2P2. + Theory of Change Design: Worked closely with Michael Walker to create a visual design system for his theory of change foundation for this new program. + Branding: Created a new logo mark rooted in the personality and essence of this human-centered video company. + Narrative Storytelling: Creating key messages, a manifesto, and five feature stories with custom illustrations to live across all of Alia’s platforms: annual report, website, emails, and social. + Design: As a creative program partner for this welcoming initiative, we created branding and visual campaigns. + Narrative Research and a Manifesto: Extensive stakeholder research led to the development of new key messages and a compelling narrative manifesto.

Pollen Studio

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