The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) develops learning programs for peacekeepers, humanitarian workers, and other UN staff around the world. For this project, UNITAR was building a four-module online course on conflict-related sexual violence in Articulate 360, and needed a visual identity that could carry a difficult subject through the length of the course without wearing on the learner.
Our role was to shape that identity around the learning preferences of the target audience, aligned with UNITAR’s brand, and to produce the illustrations, infographics, icons, and supporting visuals the course relied on to make dense material clear and to keep the pacing engaging. The visuals needed to clarify complex concepts, support the learning objectives module by module, and hold together as one cohesive, accessible experience.
We built a distinctive illustration style around character depth — giving each figure a personal story so learners could connect with them emotionally, not just read past them. Rather than static poses, the characters appear in the middle of real scenarios: talking, listening, working, moving. Every frame is meant to carry the course forward rather than pause it, so the pacing of the illustrations matches the pacing of the material.
