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Practical Action SA Annual Reports

Practical Action is an international development organization that uses practical technology to help people in poor communities build better lives. It is a rebranding of ITDG, the Intermediate Technology Development Group, and I worked on the annual report for its…

Disaster Communication

Duryog Nivaran, a long-standing client, called me in to create the cover, illustrations and layout for this book, which aims to improve how South Asian media cover disasters. It looks at the causes of disasters and not just their consequences,…

Autorickshaw

A poster for a Bollywood dance class recital caught a local tabla player’s eye, and he asked me to help design a cover for one of his upcoming albums. That began a multi-year collaboration with Autorickshaw, one of Toronto’s finest…

Basic Needs

[vc_row bg_color=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]A creative approach to Mental Health and Development at work in Sri Lanka[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][ish_gallery images=”28,32,33,31,30,34,29″ gallery_type=”masonry” columns=”3″][/vc_column][/vc_row] BasicNeeds works with people living with mental illness and their communities, combining health care with livelihoods, self-help groups and advocacy so…

Children and Mobility

This booklet came out of a workshop in Ghana held at the end of the Child Mobility Project, which brought together young researchers from Ghana, Malawi and South Africa to share their experiences of rural transport. It was the young…

Sendai GAP Pledge Wall

Duryog Nivaran asked me to design a pledge wall for a presentation on the Sendai Gender Action Plan. Visitors were invited to write their pledges on notes and paste them into boxes, one for each of the Plan’s key objectives.…

Mondelez Canada Recruitment Videos

This series of videos was commissioned by Mondelez Canada to show what it’s really like to work at MDLZ, told through the experiences of their own staff. I handled every stage of production, from lighting and shooting to editing, sound…

Good Bad and the Ugly Side of Banning Pesticides

I created the motion graphics for this video, produced for the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention to highlight how Sri Lanka regulated highly hazardous pesticides to prevent suicides. The video is structured in three parts. The Good looks at the…

Women Choosing Governance

Once again collaborating with Sharni Jayawardena to put together a short video for the Women’s Media Center. Many, many years ago Sharni and I worked on some publications that used a temple painting theme, so I thought it would be…

Creating and Inclusive Society Animation

Creating an Inclusive Society Video cover

I was contacted by Sharni Jayawardena, an exceptional communicator and visual storyteller, and one of my favourite collaborators, to produce a short video for the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka. Sharni’s script and voiceover gave the project its foundation:…