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Haags Dierencentrum | The oldest animal shelter in The Hague

In 2012, The Hague’s Animal Shelter (HDC) found itself in financial difficulty. With its existence threatened, the management, together with a fantastic staff and many volunteers, put their heads together to escape this situation. The management wanted to show the impact the shelter has on animals and society, in order to communicate the importance of their services to a broader public, reaching not only animal lovers, but also companies, who would be willing to donate to the shelter’s cause. They desired to increase the sense of social responsibility and unity. To gain the confidence of new sponsors, they asked me to design their annual report, which I did with pleasure for 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Since there wasn’t an officially designated corporate design, I used the existing logo and colours, and added 3 shades of blue to the various tables and information graphics in the report. The objective was to create consistency in their communications. I decided to work with the fonts another designer was already using for the quarterly magazine and was surprised how well the font Calibri worked in the tables. A photographer and staff members donated the pictures. My idea was to depict an animal’s life and experiences briefly, using speech bubbles next to the pictures. Unfortunately, we couldn’t realize the concept because management didn’t have access to information about the past of the individual animal.

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