Lazarus Effekt Campagne-illustraties by Lara Wilkin

Lazarus Effekt Campagne-illustraties by Lara Wilkin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Brons in Grafisch, Illustratie en Visuele Communicatie Ontwerp Competition Category.

BronsGrafisch· 2021

Lazarus Effekt Campagne-illustraties

by Lara Wilkin

Client: Lara Wilkin

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Grafisch Category

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The Design

About Lazarus Effekt Campagne-illustraties

Lazarus Effekt is een reeks campagne-illustraties, ontwikkeld voor een crossmediale bewustmakingscampagne over het Lazarus-effect. Het Lazarus-effect, een term bedacht door paleontoloog David Jablonski, beschrijft de herontdekking van een levensvorm die ooit als verloren of uitgestorven werd beschouwd. De illustraties tonen planten en dieren die opnieuw zijn gevonden. Elke figuur is getekend als een gedetailleerde zwart-witte vectorgrafiek, zodat kijkers bij langer kijken steeds meer ontdekken. De grote prints fungeren als een visuele sleutel die posters, flyers, banners en informatiegrafieken met elkaar verbindt.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Lazarus Effekt Campagne-illustraties is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Lazarus Effekt Campagne-illustraties wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Lazarus Effekt Campagne-illustraties bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The development of The Lazarus Effect is based on the theme of the Lazarus-Effect, as coined by paleontologist David Jablonski. This pertains to the unintentional rediscovery (by accident, through expedition or through relocation projects) of a previously lost or considered extinct form of life.
The project is a multimedia awareness campaign using black and white vector illustrations of representatives from flora and fauna that are currently subject to the Lazarus-Effect.
The illustration of the German Lazarusse should act as the visual key of the campaign and unite all components.
The large prints attract attention, you can't overlook them.
The black and white vector style combines the different media parts of the campaign.
At the tall buildings they look admonishingly at the viewer.
They were considered extinct by humans and returned as symbol of warning.
Dimensions & Packaging: main illustration 32000 mm / 23428 mm
Tags: Lazarus Effect, education, social graphics, natural sciences, mass extinction, extinction, animal welfare
Production Technology: Drawn layout and adobe illustrator vectors
Design Challenge: The hardest part was it to visually compress the complex topic of the Lazarus-Effect into a social education campaign and to transport the informations on a interesting way. All parts build on each other and the main illustration and the printed media are such a part of a big construction with guerrilla marketing, social media and online marketing, exhibition concepts (museum and pop-up-exhibition) and merchandise products with a charitable shop in favor of species protection. It was difficult to read into the specialist knowledge of anthropological, biological and paleontological.
The black and white style in detail and the rich contrasted illustrations are the best way of visualization and communication for this serious topic.
Research: Research with anthropological, biological and paleontological literature, as well as support of various natural history museums. The design is rich in detail. They illustrations are drawn as vector graphics in black and white and thus fits in well as a eye-catcher in the colorful city. The graphics are structured in such a way that the viewer can discover more and more. The main Lazarus illustration with all campaign Lazarusse has a very oversize-format and invites to look for the details. The Topics are compressed and build on on each other.
The animals look admonishingly at the viewer.
The hashtag takes the user to the social media and the Lazarus homepage.
Inspiration: The Lazarus effect is a largely neglected and largely unknown topic.
The results were concluded through the findings of an educational cross-media social campaign, consisting of print media in the form of campaign posters / flyers / banners and information graphics, the development and the planned establishment of the brand HashtagLazarusEffekt, social media marketing and merchandising products of the brand, a supporting web concept, as well as guerrilla marketing strategies.
Project Duration: The project startet in may 2020.
Other parts of the Lazarus Effect campaign:
https://competition.adesignaward.com/viewdesign.php?ID=111223
https://competition.adesignaward.com/viewdesign.php?ID=111428
Operation Flow: The illustration of the german Lazarusse are develop to accompany and introduce the Lazarus Effect campaign.
Team Members: Lara Wilkin
Image Credits: Lara Wilkin