Lambeth Library and Lambeth Parks Challenge

Resource management games to help engage residents with local council planning

  • Role: illustrator & animator
  • Stakeholder: White October for Lambeth Council
  • Sectors: public service
  • Deliverables: sprites

Lambeth Council were looking for a new way to consult residents and teamed up with digital agency White October to develop an app that would improve engagement.

  • Animation
  • Illustration
Screen recordings of both apps in use, Lambeth Library Challenge (top) and Lambeth Parks Challenge (bottom)

As freelance illustrator and animator I worked closely with the agency's in-house UX design and development team. Together we came up with an appealing overall look and feel for each app with a playful and intuitive UI.

Lambeth Library Challenge was featured in The Guardian and won an award for digital innovation in public services. On the basis of the app’s success Lambeth Council and White October developed the follow-on app, the Lambeth Parks Challenge.

For the Lambeth Library Challenge we went with a pop-up book style in line with the library theme, while we decided on an isometric resource-games style for the parks app.

For both apps I drew each asset and added the variations and animations. I delivered these animated illustrations as sprites which were built into the app by the project's developer, giving the apps their playful interactive feel.

  • Colourful isometric sprites for communal garden feature showing planting beds and people in various poses lookign after and harvesting vegetables
  • Colourful isometric sprites for communal outdoor gym feature showing people in various poses of sports activities
  • Colourful isometric sprites for park plant beddings in various stages of development
  • Pop-up illustration of small library with book shelves, a trolley, newspaper stand and sofa
  • Pop-up illustration of library running costs including budget, electricity use, health and safety and staff costs
  • Pop-up illustrations of library maintenance and cleaning costs with cleaning, refuse and recycling costs and renovation, maintenance and upkeep costs