Beyond the Box
Creativity and memory live everywhere at once. The sparks follow the brain's chatter.
Breaking out of the classroom: learning spaces built for sensory cues, adaptability, and movement.
Project at a glance
Timeline: Mar – Nov 2025
Role: Concept Illustrator & Visual System Designer
Team: Ana Mombiedro (Author, Architect & Neuropsychologist, Applied Research Director), Adam James (Brand Director), Kidzink Design Team
Role: Concept Illustrator & Visual System Designer
Team: Ana Mombiedro (Author, Architect & Neuropsychologist, Applied Research Director), Adam James (Brand Director), Kidzink Design Team
Challenge
'Beyond the Box' is a book by Kidzink Design and Ana Mombiedro about how learning spaces shape the way kids think and feel. The challenge: how do you make abstract neuroscience — brain function, learning, emotion — feel relatable and playful, without dumbing it down or losing what makes it true?
My job was to bridge three things: the author, Ana's, neuroscience-backed content; Kindzink's brand director, Adam's, intuitive design direction; and my own UX-informed, learner-centred visual storytelling.
How a child learns depends on two things: what's inside them, and their surroundings
The student as superhero: sensors built in like a power, not a probe.
Outcome
I designed the brand illustration system — characters, icons, diagrams, and a colour-and-shape language for the four core wellbeing factors — then packaged it into a starter kit so the team could keep creating in the same style.
It's since grown well beyond the book, into workshop cards, social media posts, and across Kidzink's website.
Card decks for client and internal workshops
The illustrations off the page and into people's hands,
shaping real school designs.
"She didn't simply draw; she immersed herself in the concepts until she understood them from the inside. She's a rare blend of talent, rigour, and genuine artistic intuition."
— Ana Mombiedro
Architect & Neuropsychologist, Applied Research Director, Author of 'Beyond the Box'
Architect & Neuropsychologist, Applied Research Director, Author of 'Beyond the Box'
Huge thanks to the brilliant folk at Kidzink:
Charlotte Borghesi (Founder) for trusting me with the project
Ana Mombiedro (Author, Architect & Neuropsychologist, Applied Research Director)
Adam James (Brand Director)
Charlotte Borghesi (Founder) for trusting me with the project
Ana Mombiedro (Author, Architect & Neuropsychologist, Applied Research Director)
Adam James (Brand Director)
Book and workshop photography courtesy of Kidzink.
