Food for thought as 10 team hail vital nutrition report
CREATIVE and branding experts 10 Associates have provided the creative flair to bring a far-reaching report into the nation’s food sector to life.
The Yorkshire agency was commissioned to design and print the National Food Strategy report, the first independent review of the UK’s food system for 75 years, to communicate the vision of its lead author, Henry Dimbleby, founder of the Leon restaurant chain and nonexecutive board member of DEFRA.
The first part of the strategy contains urgent recommendations to support the UK through the current Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on how to ensure a generation of disadvantaged children are not left behind through hunger and illness.
It also discusses opportunities presented by Brexit in December. Part 2, due to be published next spring, will reveal a plan for how this will be achieved.
10’s brief was to bring the groundbreaking and comprehensive report to life through engaging, visually appealing design that accurately communicated Henry’s vision for the future of food in Britain.
Design director Michael Freemantle said he wanted the look and feel of the report to join the dots with both the brand film and the work of illustrator Tom Kilburn.
“When you know that you’re going to be working with such a high calibre of words and pictures, courtesy of Henry Dimbleby and Tom Kilburn, then the success of the piece had to come from creating an engaging and fiercely credible report,” he said.
“The digital world may be dominant, but we had the opportunity here to also create a tactile report designed to bridge the gap between the wonderful film created by Tom and narrative within written by Henry. We produced three different cover wraps, featuring stills from the film, and featuring Tom’s illustrations as a lead into the four main chapters of the report.”
10’s creative director Jill Peel said she was exceptionally proud that the team was chosen to design the report: “We were honoured to be asked to produce such an important and influential report. Good information design is fundamental in communicating comprehensive content while engaging the reader.
“The result is an exceptional piece of creative that brought to life the remarkable vision of Henry for the future of food in our country.”
Henry Dimbleby was appointed by the then Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Gove, to lead the review into the UK’s food system. Henry co-founded the Sustainable Restaurant Association and co-wrote the School Food Plan in 2013, setting out actions to transform what children eat in school and how they learn about food.
The report explores the damage being done to our health by the modern food system.