UN FAO | 40th Conference
Art Direction and Creative Direction for the FAO Conference – 40th Session, Rome, 3–8 July 2017. The FAO Conference is the organization's highest decision-making body, meeting every two years with representatives of its 195 member countries. The 40th Session addressed crucial issues such as food security, climate change and the achievement of the SDGs by 2030. Role: Art Direction, Creative Direction. Client: FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The work included the art direction of all the event's visual communication: the conference's graphic identity, welcome materials and signage, banners and staging for the plenary sessions, digital and print materials for delegates from the 195 participating countries. 🌐 Digital context 2017: Major international diplomatic events adopt integrated communication systems covering physical signage, digital display systems, mobile applications for delegates and real-time social communication at the same time. Event design must work in dozens of languages. 📎 References: - FAO Conference 40th Session: https://www.fao.org/about/meetings/council/cl157/en/ - FAO – Governance: https://www.fao.org/governing-bodies/conference/en