An Interaction Design and Art Direction for Refugee Nation by Justin Au. I don’t know if you guys remember at the last Olympics, we’ve witnessed a team of refugee athletes compete in the games. A first in the history and since they had no official “home” to call their own, no anthem and no flag. A flag of the “Refugee Nation,” created by Syrian refugee was orange and black, to represent the life vests the athletes wore as they set off in boats for a better life. It’s quite a beautiful story, I would definitely the full project via his Behance.

Justin Au a designer and an art director working at Ogilvy & Mather New York. Currently based in Brooklyn, you should definitely follow his Behance where you’ll find work for IBM, 36 days of type and more.

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Bringing the world together to support Refugees. For the first time in Olympics history, the games saw a team of refugee athletes compete in the games. But unlike other competitors supported by their nation countries, these champions had no official “home” to call their own, and thus, no anthem and no flag. The flag of the “Refugee Nation,” created by Syrian refugee Yara Said, was orange and black, to represent the life vests the athletes wore as they set off in boats for a better life. Another Syrian refugee, composer Moutaz Arian, created a wordless anthem to convey a universal message of love and hope. The Refugee Flag has since become an international symbol of welcome and inclusion. It is hoisted all over the world by different people, organizations, and even countries as a sign of solidarity in support of refugees. I was tasked with designing a web experience that captured and explained the idea behind the flag and all that it stands, to visitors from all over the world who may have stumbled upon its colors.

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