TURNING COMPLEXITY INTO CLARITY
Presentation & Information Design
Transforming a dense research document into an 8-slide visual narrative
about the autism mental health crisis.
Presentation & Information Design
Transforming a dense research document into an 8-slide visual narrative
about the autism mental health crisis.
ROLE: Presentation designer
DELIVERABLE: 8-slide deck
TOOLS: Adobe, Powerpoint, Figma
The Challenge:
The source material presented six ideas for addressing the autism mental health crisis. While the information was rich and substantive, its density made it difficult to quickly understand the relationships between the ideas.
Then:
The challenge was to translate that information into a presentation that could communicate the core ideas clearly without losing the substance of the original material.
The challenge was to translate that information into a presentation that could communicate the core ideas clearly without losing the substance of the original material.
SOURCE APPROACH OUTPUT
Dense Research Document Information synthesis + visual storytelling 8-slide presentation
Dense Research Document Information synthesis + visual storytelling 8-slide presentation
The source material contained six distinct ideas supported by detailed contextual information. The first challenge was determining how to organize that information into a coherent visual narrative.
From Information to Narrative:
1. IDENTIFY
What are the six essential ideas?
2. PRIORITIZE
What does the audience need to understand first?
3. STRUCTURE
How should the information unfold?
4. VISUALIZE
How can the concepts become easier to scan and understand?
Then:
8 slides. One visual narrative.
Information Hierarchy:
The visual hierarchy allows the primary takeaway to be understood before the supporting information is read.Visual Translation
A complex relationship from the source material is represented visually rather than relying solely on explanatory text.
A complex relationship from the source material is represented visually rather than relying solely on explanatory text.
Repeated typographic and spatial conventions create continuity across the deck.
The Result:
An 8-slide presentation designed to turn dense source material into a clear, structured visual narrative.
An 8-slide presentation designed to turn dense source material into a clear, structured visual narrative.
