Global Maritime Forum

Visualising global maritime industry challenges, across infographics, illustration and materiality.

context

The Global Maritime Forum is the annual gathering of stakeholders across the global maritime industry, bringing together decision-makers to assess more sustainable alternatives to current practices, identify challenges, and drive new initiatives.

Working within the Housatonic studio team, I contributed to the full set of communication materials produced before, during, and after the event — including the Global Maritime Issues Monitor, an annual publication presenting survey results on key issues facing the industry.

Across the years, we developed a visual language that could evolve while always being recognisable.

Approach and solution

The brief called for making a fairly technical publication approachable and engaging, that we achieved developing a layout with impactful custom typography and illustration.

Semi-transparent pages were used throughout to introduce each data section with simple, high-impact cues before revealing the full charts — turning dense survey data into something that reads clearly at a glance.

A special attention has been given to the format of the publication and its physicality: one year, the document was Singer-sewn with a red thread. The next year, a metallic red wire-o binding was chosen. A (literal) read thread from one year to the another.

© Photography Stefano Maniero