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In design school, I was taught very western-centric design theories. This made me think about other design conventions, especially ones that speak to my heritage.
In this article, we detail the thought process behind our latest story about the world’s reliance on Asia’s transition minerals. We go through the reasoning behind how we designed and presented the piece, in a way that would be accessible and educational for the layperson audience.
We just put out a story called A Woman’s World, where we explore women’s access to public spaces, and specifically how it facilitates their…
Julia Janicki is an award-winning data visualisation developer and data journalist currently based in Paris, where she works at the Agence…
Nabilah joined Kontinentalist in June 2022 as our new Editorial Lead. Over the past few months, she’s written a micro-story on Mystical…
Daisy Chung is an award-winning science visual communicator and illustrator based in California and originally from Taiwan.