We design academic papers, research reports, and annual reports of any kind, along with their accompanying social assets. We like creating unique designs that stand out as a personally crafted pieces that are a little different than standard reports with generic stock photos and our experience in brand design ties in with this work.

We create reports with:

original photography, graphic art, illustrations + infographics whenever possible
accessibility best practice considerations in mind
a unique visual identity
identity designs for report series

Report designs shown here are primarily for think tanks and government or educational institutions, U of T and Toronto Metropolitan University, as well as many other non-profit and policy organizations.

See our blog post that is a case study of the perfect execution of a report design and accompanying shareable assets.

Favourite report designs

Click on any cover to view full report PDF.

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Giving Care

Research report about caregiving policies in Canada. Identity design by Field Trip & Co.

Canada 2020 discussion paper

Design for Canada 2020, in collaboration with Matthew Mendelsohn & Springboard Policy

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Industrial policy report design

A project for Canadian Inclusive Economy Initiative, in association with Brookfield Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Ryerson Leadership Lab, First Policy Response, Springboard Policy & Matthew Mendelsohn

Highly visual infographic style report

For the Womens Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, the Diversity Institute and the Brookfield Institute

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Space policy report design for Springboard policy and RR

Lots of interesting layout variations and illustrative details in this paper gave it an engaging, editorial feel.

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Annual report on the state of Black women entrepreneurs in Canada

A report for the Diversity Institute, the Brookfield Institute and the Black Business & Professional Association, funded by the Government of Canada.

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Highly visual report design

Using lots of infographics, photography and high detailed style.

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Technical report about future skills in the Canadian Aerospace Industry

For the Diversity Institute, The Future Skills Centre, CRMIT, HEC Montréal.

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Labour Market Insights series report design

Report design, series identity design and all social and web images created for a research series.

Supporting Community Economies

Research paper about community economies by Matthew Mendelsohn

Markham Stouffville Hospital Magazine Design

Magazine design for a Markham hospital. Was a fantastic exercise in style refinements and elevating an existing magazine design.

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Employee ownership discussion paper

For Social Capital Partners in Toronto, Ontario. We also created a French version of this paper and a microsite design.

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Domestic violence educational document

An advocacy report design for Counterpoint Counselling & Educational Cooperative in Toronto, Ontario

Research paper on the Infrastructure gap in the territory of Nunavut

For Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

Discussion paper design

For Springboard Policy, a Toronto think tank. Contemporary graphic art gives this design an engaging look.

Diversity Leads report design

An annual research series about diversity in Canadian leadership roles.

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Diversity Leads series

Report design for research about diversity in Montréal leadership roles. French translated reports are often requested for university report designs.

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Mowat Centre report design

For a U of T public policy think tank. I created signature illustrations for each report design.

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Mowat Centre report design

For a U of T public policy think tank. I created signature illustrations for each report design.

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Mowat Centre report design

For a U of T public policy think tank. I created signature illustrations for each report design.

“Accessible design is good design”

— Steve Ballmer

Our Clients

We have designed reports for the following clients in Toronto. Many are Ontario think tanks and Canadian policy research departments. Our niche is with university, academic, law and policy departments who are looking for an engaging, on-brand, accessible report design but don’t want to be boring.