Stanford and Funders for Housing and Opportunity Illustrations

Stanford Social Innovation Review and Funders for Housing and Opportunity banner

Stanford Social Innovation Review and Funders for Housing and Opportunity Illustrations

We partnered with Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) to create an illustration series of 12 articles on housing justice, with focus on how the system affects people of color.

We were tasked with:

Creating illustrations with bold and vibrant colors.
Depicting the clients’ article and translating it into visuals.

Social Justice Design

We applied our racial and social justice lens to create illustrations that depict people of color in powerful and vibrant ways.
With the application of a social justice lens, we made sure not to perpetuate further trauma through the illustrations while being proactive about the clients’ needs.

Date

2022-2023

Services Provided

Art Direction,. Campaign Strategy & Development, Illustration, Print

LANDING PAGE

Collaboration for housing justice for Stanford Social Innovation Review and Funders for Housing and Opportunity landing page illustrations. Read the page here.

Details. Landing page illustration. It depicts 7 people reaching out for each other's hands. The piece is colorful and vibrant and there's a diversity of people illustrated. These illustrations evoke housing justice for Stanford and Funders for Housing and Opportunity

INTRO

Housing is a complex domain. Solutions that repair our broken housing system will require a collaborative approach to funding and long-term systems change. Read the article here.

Details. Intro illustration. It has vibrant and colorful colors. It depicts a building being balanced on a small structure, to symbolize the struggles of getting housing. There are several characters throughout the piece. There's a prominent person with a megaphone and two big heads as silhouette in the back as to symbolize ancestral power

CENTERING RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE FIGHT FOR HOUSING JUSTICE

How a national funder collaborative is empowering communities, expanding access to housing in BIPOC neighborhoods, and changing policies, narratives, and systems that perpetuate racial injustice.

Read the article here.

Illustration for article 2. It has oversize people holding and carrying buildings. There's an oversized hand holding a protest sign and another holding a megaphone with flowers coming out of it. The picture is vibrant and colorful.

Details. Illustration for article 2. It has oversize people holding and carrying buildings. There's an oversized hand holding a protest sign and another holding a megaphone with flowers coming out of it. The picture is vibrant and colorful.

HOUSING JUSTICE AND SYSTEMS CHANGE THROUGH A FUNDER COLLABORATIVE

Is the future of philanthropy a more collaborative one? The leaders of Funders for Housing and Opportunity share lessons to help the field learn—and evolve—in real time.

Read the article here.

This image illustrates a diverse group of people holding hands. The perspective is from the down up and you can see buildings in the sky space. The picture is vibrant and colorful.

Details. This image illustrates a diverse group of people holding hands. The perspective is from the down up and you can see buildings in the sky space. The picture is vibrant and colorful.

CHANGING THE HOUSING NARRATIVE BY TALKING ABOUT RACE AND VALUES

Three social change leaders discuss how to move the narrative about housing away from a focus on individual actions toward values, racial justice, and the well-being of all.

Read the article here.

Illustration of two people pointing at the sky where there is a circular shape (earth) in the middle. There are houses and building around the earth and the people are holding each other's hands. One looks to be older and one looks like a kid. The illustration is vibrant and colorful.

Details. Illustration of two people pointing at the sky where there is a circular shape (earth) in the middle. There are houses and building around the earth and the people are holding each other's hands. One looks to be older and one looks like a kid. The illustration is vibrant and colorful.

HOUSING AND CLIMATE: FUNDING HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS

To solve the housing crisis, funders must take collective action to simultaneously solve the climate crisis and prioritize those who have had the least to do with creating either.

Read the article here.

This illustration depicts a big tree where houses and buildings are intertwined. There are a group of diverse people exploring the space in a variety of ways. This picture is is vibrant and colorful.

Details. This illustration depicts a big tree where houses and buildings are intertwined. There are a group of diverse people exploring the space in a variety of ways. This picture is is vibrant and colorful.

HOUSING AND HEALTH: CREATING SOLUTIONS WITH COMMUNITIES

The Kresge Foundation wanted to learn with grantees about work at the intersection of housing and health equity. Their takeaway: Fund community-driven solutions and community power.

Read the article here.

Illustration depicting a dynamic landscape with a variety of people doing different activities, like running, watering flowers, running with a dog. The picture is vibrant and colorful.

Details. Illustration depicting a dynamic landscape with a variety of people doing different activities, like running, watering flowers, running with a dog. The picture is vibrant and colorful.

HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS: BREAKING DOWN SILOS FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE

Lessons for funders and social change leaders in search of the best ways to collaborate across sectors to end homelessness.

Read the article here.

Illustration depicts a vibrant and colorful environment with a circle in the middle where all roads intersect. People are walking, enjoying a pic nic, going to school, etc.

Details. Illustration depicts a vibrant and colorful environment with a circle in the middle where all roads intersect. People are walking, enjoying a pic nic, going to school, etc.

DRIVING CHANGE IN HOUSING POLICIES WITH ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING

Two housing justice advocates discuss different approaches to policy change and the importance of centering the voices of people most affected by systemic barriers and inequities in housing.

Read the article here.

This illustration depicts a variety of people doing different things like protesting, forming a human chain, hugging each other and playing the saxophone. There's a government building in the background.

Details. This illustration depicts a variety of people doing different things like protesting, forming a human chain, hugging each other and playing the saxophone. There's a government building in the background.

HOUSING AND LOCAL SOLUTIONS: ELEVATING WHAT WORKS

Local initiatives are breaking new ground to make access to housing and opportunity more affordable and equitable and to increase the resources dedicated to housing justice.

Read the article here.