We created this online ebook for the World Bank Group's HiFi program, showing the transformative effect that technology and innovation has on the lives of the most vulnerable. Harnessing Innovation for Financial Inclusion (HiFi) is the World Bank Group’s partnership...
publication design
Israeli Embassy 70th Anniversary Book and Logo
For the 70th anniversary of the Israeli Embassy in Washington in May 2018, we were asked to design a commemorative photo book and a logo. The book honors 70 Americans (or groups of Americans) that have supported Israel over the years. Each received a spread of photos...
SAMS Annual Report
The Syrian American Medical Society is a nonprofit organization that has been supporting life-saving medical care during the Syrian civil war, both in Syria itself and in refugee camps in Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan. The organization asked Sensical Design to create...
Some Book Interiors
Over the last few months, we worked on a couple of complex book interior designs that are worthy of note. Sample images are at right (or above, if you're on a small screen), and if you tap on them you can see them larger. The first two images are from the book...
FinNet 2013 Proceedings Ebook
Sensical Design was asked to create an interactive ebook as a follow-up to the International Finance Corporation's 2013 FinNet Conference. Although the subject matter is the proceedings of an international development conference, the client wanted a lively,...
Sasha Bruce Youthwork Annual Report
We recently completed the 2012 annual report for Sasha Bruce Youthwork, a great nonprofit in Washington, DC, that works with runaways and other at-risk youth. In keeping with the youthful focus of the organization's activities, we designed a piece that is colorful and...
IFC Capturing Our Impact Booklet
At right is the cover for "Capturing Our Impact: Closing the Gaps in Access to Finance," recently released as an e-publication by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of the World Bank Group. The booklet tells human-interest stories related to...
Big Butts, Fat Thighs Book Cover
At right is the cover for the book Big Butts, Fat Thighs, and Other Secrets to Success by Laura Black. This self-help book for professional women is self-published by the author, who hired Sensical Design to produce it. She gave us a fairly specific brief for the...
Cover for Horseshoe Crab
At right is a first look at the cover to the new Ruka Press book Horseshoe Crab: Biography of a Survivor by Anthony D. Fredericks, which will be released in May. The book is an entertaining look at the natural history and ecological niche of the horseshoe crab, a...
A Guide to Studying Abroad
We recently designed this cover for My Second Campus: The Independent Almanac of Study Abroad Programs. This new book offers a comprehensive listing of study abroad programs associated with colleges in New England. The interior is data rich and complex, requiring...