Halo of Hope is a support package targeted at families and individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. This project is designed to create change using Graphic Design
This project was entered into the Creative Conscience open brief award for the Graphics category. My project was shortlisted and features on the creative conscience website.
https://www.creative-conscience.org.uk/shortlisted-entries/
The brief for this project was to use Graphic Design to inspire change. The topic I chose and felt strongly about was suicide. The subject of mental health is such a big issue at this current time and the number of suicides in the UK is rising. This project was inspired by a phone call I received at the start of the year from a friend, saying his friend had committed suicide. I did not know what to say or how best to support him. This lead to the creation of Halo of Hope. Halo of Hope is a support package targeted at families and individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. The support package guides and supports the user through the 7 stages of grief after losing someone to suicide. Halo of Hope is designed to provide more personal support and change the stigma around discussing grief, especially grief over a suicide. Designing the visual language for such a sensitive and distressing subject was a real challenge for me, however, I decided on using pastel colours because the tone of these colours felt warm and comforting, I decided on using doodles and hand written type faces to make the visual language more personal, to create the right tone for such a dark subject.