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This is a strategic and visual communications practice. Generally it’s Simon Murray, although sometimes it is more. Simon is a strategist/designer/illustrator and consultant who specialises in visualising information, concepts, space and data. Often these pieces require broader strategic design to find their audience and be useful. This practise employs strategy, symbolism and codification to make simple informative accessible (mainly digital) experiences.
Project date: July 2022
National Clinical
Covid-19 Evidence
Taskforce
Action & Impact
Living evidence is the process of analysing evidence based health data in realtime and amending the treatment guideline to reflect the findings. Prior to Covid-19 this process took months or even years. This ‘Taskforce’ project streamlined the process to being not more than two weeks. The acton & impact presentation shows the project genesis and processes involved. Exciting times
Project date: June 2022
National Clinical
Covid-19 Evidence
Taskforce
Decision Aids
At the ‘coal face’ of treatment is the interaction between the clinician and the patient. With new evolving guidelines, it became imperative to provide easy to follow ‘decision aids’ to keep the clinicians on up to date.
Project date: May 2022
Monash Sustainable
mobility and safety
research group
Bike Better
This project is a deep dive into bike safety using modelling and machine learning to simulate traffic systems into the future using real world behaviour. Trick is that this has to have an engaging front end to get people enthusiastic about gathering data. We made it fun… not too ‘sciency’
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Project date: March 2017
Public Transport Victoria
Journey Planner
Nothing quite ignites the interest of an info wonk like a subway map. I was very fortunate to be front and centre at the inception point of providing the user experience logic and the supporting interface design to PTV as we built out the building blocks of what is the PTV website, starting with the MVP in the form of ‘Journey Planner’. I don’t hear anyone complaining about it which is a huge leap forward from the ways things used to be.
Project date: January 2022
Cochrane
Future Cochrane
Cochrane is a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers and people interested in health. With the burning incandescence of a global pandemic shining bright on the global authority of such things, it’s no surprise that at the tail end some major structural issues had come to light. Future Cochrane is ongoing. It is an organisational transformation project that spans the globe, with 76 countries and 8 major languages. No small task. Surveys, Org Charts, plans, structures, new plans…
Project date: May 2020
Mountain Safety Collective
Mountain Safety Collective
Fun Fact: Simon was swept very nearly to his death in an avalanche in his 20’s. In his late 30’s he developed a mountain safety platform to help skiers and mountaineers better anticipate alpine hazards. Big time infographics passion project. Now he is the ‘Founder and Lifetime Ambassador’ for this not-for-profit professional organisation. MSC forms a crucial safety platform to a rapidly growing audience of around 12,000+ users. Below is an interactive ski guide: The Victorian Backcountry Companion. The follow-up project which expands on Simon and his friends in-depth knowledge of backcountry ski terrain in Victoria, Australia.
Project date: January 2021
National Clinical
Covid-19 Evidence
Taskforce
Interactive Organisational Flow Diagram
The Covid-19 pandemic is in full swing and there is a tsunami of research, data, breaking news and fake news. The Federal Health Department is funding this platform and even those close to the wheelhouse had distinct trouble articulating what the taskforce was, and what it did. We made this…
Cochrane Infographic
‘One Pagers’
These projects are the foundation of the work I’ve been doing for Cochrane, a global authority in the world of evidence based research and meta analysis.
Project date: Jan 2020
Island Bend Pictures
Franklin
This is a feature length documentary about the protest movement that saved the damming of the Franklin River. What a roaring yarn about that holds the genesis stories of both Bob Hawke and Bob Brown, two central figures of Australian politics, combined with the various conservation organisation and now, Oliver and his journey in 2020.
