Since the dawn of time, we humans have explored and mapped the world around us. On the other hand, our brains are largely uncharted territory. To change that, a team of neuroscientists and AI, and supercomputing experts from the Forschungszentrum Jülich (Jülich Research Centre) and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, are developing a three-dimensional atlas that combines all facets of what we know about the human brain in an open-source interface.
We created a visual design system using in which we combined the mechanistic Karelia (Frode Helland, Monokrom) with the nostalgic Stanley (Optimo), which was developed by Swiss type designer Ludovic Balland, to visually represent the project’s multidisciplinary nature. We also create additional visual tension throughout the entire design system by superimposing text onto images to present information at different levels of analysis.
View the Jülich Brain Atlas online, and see more images in the case study.
Brand development and website by g31 design, in collaboration with Thanh-Thao Tran and awwwesome. Photography by Mareen Fischinger.
