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Why we should reflect a diverse workforce with inclusive imagery

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Illustrated silhouette in generic pastel colours featuring a diverse group of 10 adults. The silhouettes suggest a range of characteristics including race, religion, gender, and disability (woman with guide dog and mobility stick, woman with afro-textured hair, woman wearing headscarf or hijab, man in business suit, man with beard in uniform, person with walking stick, man in uniform with glasses, man wearing turban, person in wheelchair, woman in smart-casual workwear

In modern Britain, we’d expect to see people with a wide range of characteristics in our advertisements, media and government communication. But this isn’t always the case. Learn how to choose and use diverse, inclusive photography and illustration.

Want to capture your audience’s imagination? Try illustration!

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Text reading ‘The power of illustration’, surrounded by a selection of illustrations from Design102 projects, in a range of styles.

Illustrations can be really effective when you want to spark your audience’s imagination – which helps them understand and relate to your subject matter. Here we discuss this idea further and give our tips on creating powerful, imaginative and engaging illustrations.

With 5 category nominations, Design102 makes the shortlist

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Text reads ‘Shortlisted. Inside Out Awards 2020’ alongside a simple cartoon illustration of a hand with fingers crossed. The image uses Design102 brand colours – navy blue, a lighter blue tint and orange

The Inside Out Awards recognise outstanding in-house creative teams, so as the government’s in-house design service, we thought we’d enter some of our projects and people. Now the shortlist’s out, find out which awards we’re up for.