Figure redesign
Existing diagrams rebuilt with clear hierarchy and consistent visual language.
Specialised illustration
Educational infographic redesign
Most textbook figures fail for the same reasons: too much on the page, no visual hierarchy, colour used decoratively rather than meaningfully, and labels set too small to read after reduction.
Overview
What this service covers
We redesign educational graphics for textbooks, workbooks, digital courses and classroom materials, working from your existing figures, the source data or the concept as the author describes it.
Redesign usually means deciding what to remove. Most confusing figures are trying to teach three things at once, and the fix is to separate them rather than to add more colour.
What we provide
Everything included in the scope
Data visualisation
Charts and graphs built so the point of the data is visible immediately.
Process and concept diagrams
Sequences, systems and abstract relationships made concrete.
Visual systems
A colour, icon and labelling system applied across an entire textbook.
Accessible colour
Palettes tested for contrast and for common forms of colour blindness.
Print and digital versions
Figures supplied for the page and re-laid for screen where needed.
Process
How the work runs
01
Figure audit
We review the existing set and identify what is failing and why.
02
System proposal
Colour, type and icon rules proposed and approved before mass redesign.
03
Batch redesign
Figures rebuilt in batches, reviewed against the system as they go.
04
Delivery
Print and digital versions supplied with editable sources and a style sheet.
Benefits
What you get out of it
Fewer things competing
Reduction is the main tool, and it is the one most figures are missing.
Accessible by design
Contrast and colour-blind safety checked rather than assumed.
Consistent across a text
Students learn the visual conventions once and reuse them.
Reusable system
New figures can be built by your team to the same rules.
Portfolio
Related work from the studio
A sample of studio work in this category.
Who it suits
Typical clients for this service
Briefs come from single projects and from teams commissioning at volume.
Educational publishers
Edtech and course providers
Universities and training bodies
Textbook authors
NGOs producing learning material
Questions
Before you brief us
Anything not answered here, ask directly and you will get a straight answer.
Ask a questionYes, and that is most of this work. Send the existing figures and the underlying data or source, and they come back rebuilt to a consistent system.
Yes. Palettes are tested for contrast ratios and for deuteranopia and protanopia, and we avoid using colour alone to carry meaning.
Yes. Send the specification and reading level, and figures are pitched accordingly, including vocabulary in labels.
Yes, layered vector sources so your team can update labels or translate them later without redrawing.
Ready to brief this project?
Send the details and a scope, schedule and fixed quote come back within one working day.