publication design

World Bank Group HiFi Ebook

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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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