Visual Storytelling in Editorial Illustration Projects by MUTI

In this issue of D4U Gallery, I invite you to check out another bunch of illustration projects by MUTI, a creative studio based in South Africa.

Earlier, we’ve already reviewed their project on nature-inspired illustrations of flora and fauna of California, and this time let’s dive a bit deeper into how they approach editorial illustration art. Take a glance at 5 bright projects showing how visual storytelling works for various editorial objectives and informational goals.

Harvard Business Review

This series of editorial illustrations reflects the issues around managing work-life balance for Harvard Business Review.

Süddeutsche Zeitung

This project was devoted to creating a series of editorial illustrations about smart cities of the future for Germany’s largest broadsheet newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Fortune Magazine

This set of editorial illustrations for Fortune Magazine visualizes how HR executives are developing return-to-office strategies.

Dog Days

Here are the snapshots of suburban life portrayed through a gritty lens of color and texture.

African Youth Survey

In this project, the team worked on an illustrated guide for the 2020 African Youth Survey, visualizing a spirit of rising Afro-Optimism driven by entrepreneurship and shared African identity.

You can see more design and illustration projects by MUTI on their website, Instagram page, or Dribbble portfolio.

New artistic collections and design case studies are coming soon; stay tuned.

For more inspiration, check the sets of other posts from our D4U Gallery, where I gather impressive creatives to share their art with you, for example:

• artistic identity and packaging for food and drink brands
• cute romantic greeting cards with illustrations
• illustration art collection about various faces of love
• love spring and Easter seasonal illustrations
• character illustrations for an educational project
• Christmas greeting card illustrations
• wildlife-inspired illustration projects
• vibrant digital illustrations collection
• impressive illustration-based packaging designs
• artistic packaging design for a biscuit brand
• food lovers guide: illustrations and graphic design
• 3D character art projects
• wine packaging design
• captivating 3D animation concepts
• impressive packaging designs 
• childhood illustrations