Print Collateral Design: Reports, Guides, Brochures & More
- gawonlee
- Aug 14
- 2 min read
Updated: 13 hours ago
1. Annual Sustainability Report Design
Project Introduction
Project Title: DAI Sustainability Report 2022 & 2023
Timeline: 3 months per edition
Project Type: Annual Report Design
Purpose: Communicate DAI’s sustainability initiatives and impact to stakeholders, maintaining strict adherence to company branding and prior edition formats.
Format & Size: 80 pages (2022) / 100 pages (2023), 8-inch square, print and digital editions
Tools Used: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
Team & Role
Designer: Gawon Lee (40% contribution)
Lead Designer: Kellie Dubois (60% contribution)
Project Lead: Steven O’Connor (Vice President, Global Communications)
Collaborators: ~10 subject-matter experts
Project Overview
I collaborated with lead designer Kellie Dubois and a multidisciplinary team of approximately 10 subject-matter experts to produce DAI’s Sustainability Reports for 2022 and 2023. My contributions, accounting for 40% of the total design work, focused on creating graphs and infographics, supporting page layout and structure, and performing final quality checks.
Each report was produced under strict DAI branding guidelines and had to align with the visual format of the previous edition, which limited graphical experimentation and required consistent design language across years. The reports were text-heavy and data-rich, demanding careful typographic choices and precise visualization to communicate complex sustainability information effectively. The production process involved close coordination with multiple contributors, making it a highly collaborative effort spanning roughly three months per edition.
2. DAI Overseas Travel Insurance Guide
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Project Introduction
Project Title: DAI Global Travel Insurance Guide
Timeline: June 2022
Project Type: Set of five double-sided flyers and one bi-fold brochure (4 pages)
Purpose: Designed for DAI employees traveling abroad for project assignments and official trips, this internal guide provided clear, accessible information on various types of insurance coverage—health, life, property, auto, and accident protection. The goal was to create a visually cohesive and easy-to-navigate set of materials that made complex policy information understandable before departure.
Format & Size: U.S. Letter, printed on glossy stock
Tools Used: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dimension, Lightroom
Team & Role
Designer: Gawon Lee
Project Commissioned by: DAI Desk
Project Overview
This was completed before generative AI tools were used in the design workflow. Each cube scene was textured and lit in Dimension, then the hands were composited in Photoshop.
The visuals are simple, but each render took a long time to finish. It remains one of my most memorable projects because the extremely long rendering times eventually convinced my manager to approve a new laptop for me.
