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How to talk to people who disagree
How to support Black artists

Liza Akhmed

Nimi Minds

With a rapid growth in anxiety, ADHD, and other mental health issues, more than a million children receieve medications before the age of six, in-turn preventing a healthy brain development. Those medications provide temporary relief but do not solve the root of the problem. 
Nimi Minds Mindfulness Kit is an interactive set of child-focused Mediation Bedtime Story and an exercise Yoga Book led by an adorable mascot Nimi, helping children improve and develop mental & physical health through entertainment.

Packaging
Identity
Publication
Illustration

About the designer

My name is Liza Akhmed. As a graphic designer, I enjoy combining analogue and digital design, experimenting with typography, playing with bold and bright colors, 3D design and illustrations. I apply these specific concepts to developing brand identities. I love the process of designing and stay dedicated to achieving a vision. My goal is to never stop being curious.

I believe life is simpler and more enjoyable with a good sense of humor. I like reading and studying psychology to understand how the brain and the mind work. I love painting and being outdoors, appreciating the nature.

Ragged or Justified?

How is this a question? Ragged.

These are the Meditation Bedtime Story book’s front and back covers.
First image: "Space" cards (cards and packaging);
Second image: a "Space" card inserted in the page from Meditation Bedtime Story book.
Meditation Bedtime Story book spreads.
(Image 1) A mock-up of the Yoga Book with it's flip through pages;
(Image 2) spreads. Full project.
Nimi Minds Mindfulness Kit poster.

Recession Grads is a digital archive & exhibition set to showcase the work of the Graphic Design 2020 graduating class at OCADU.

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