Our client is a distinguished professor working as part of the NHS and head of the Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Leeds.

The client’s predecessor, Emeritus Professor Bipin Bhakta, passed away and the client wanted to have an event to commemorate all his work. The event was a chance for those who had worked closely with Professor Bhakta collaborating on research to get together and talk about the effect he had on their work. 

The client commissioned us to devise some design materials to support the event that could be used to help commemorate the work done by the late professor.

1. We had a face to face meeting where we learnt about Bipin’s work and determined what information needed to be shared with those attending the memorial.
2. We proposed a range of print materials to support the event, explaining the purpose of each. The client went with the full list of items.
3. We spent time researching all the publications by Bipin and designed forms to get information from each researcher contributing to the event booklet.
4. We analysed all the publications and created an infographic showing all the work chronologically.  We collated all the content for the booklet, picking out key points. These were confirmed with the client.
5. Next, we created a brand for the event and used the style rules to create an event banner, booklet and rollup banner infographic.
6. We got all materials printed for the memorial event. While attending the event we took photographs to document the occasion and its success.

1 x event banner
1 x 16-page booklet
1 x rollup timeline infographic
Event photography

As soon as we spoke to the client, the gravitas of the project became clear. Bipin, the predecessor who had passed away, had a tremendous effect on all those around him and was broadened knowledge in many notable areas of research spanning across many fields from engineering, psychology to medicine. This was a very personal project and we wanted to do everything possible to honour his memory.

This was a very open brief which allowed us to collect the content before deciding the best way to visualize it. Most of our time was spent researching Bipin and considering the best ways to showcase his long, successful career of research. We focused on incorporating personal touches, using his well-known phrases in the content as well as collecting pictures and stories about him.

This was a one-of-a-kind project for a very unique individual and we were grateful to be able to visually communicate his legacy.

The event was a great success! Everyone was incredibly touched with the effort put into the event. People loved the infographic timeline and the old pictures of Bipin.

The infographic is now sitting in the medical centre at the University of Leeds and academics are still attaching post-it notes adding new work to the banner that stemmed from the publications.

“It was excellent work and your fee was very reasonable.”