Format:
5 short animated videos integrated into an interactive online learning platform
Context of use:
Interactive self-learning tool for students and staff in university settings
Client:
University of Göttingen
Role:
Concept, motion design and production workflow
A series of five short animated videos addressing sexual harassment and abuse of power in academic settings, developed as part of an interactive self-learning platform for the University of Göttingen.
(context)
Know How is a digital self-learning tool on sexual harassment and abuse of power, the platform supports the wider university community in reflecting on roles, boundaries, and support structures. As part of this platform, I co-developed a series of short animated videos that are embedded throughout, illustrating key situations and dynamics within academic life.
(challenge)
The core challenge was finding a visual tone for a topic that is both structurally complex and personally sensitive. The videos needed to depict situations involving power imbalance and boundary violations without being heavy-handed or reductive, while still being immediately recognisable to people in academic settings. At the same time, the visual language had to work within a learning platform, meaning it needed to inform and support reflection rather than overwhelm.
(approach)
The videos use short situational narratives grounded in everyday university life. Rather than explaining policy, they show moments where boundaries are crossed, making visible how power relations shape the options available to those involved.
The visual language is deliberately reduced, centred on key interactions. A mostly monochrome palette allows the videos to sit naturally within the platform's interface, while orange is used consistently to highlight protagonists and mark critical moments, drawing attention without dramatising.
(use in practice)
Within the self-learning platform, the videos help students and staff recognise problematic situations, understand institutional dynamics, and identify possible courses of action. By turning abstract structural issues into concrete, grounded scenarios, they create a starting point for reflection, which is ultimately what the tool is built around.
For this project, I led the motion design and production workflow and co-developed the visual concept in close collaboration with Kornelia Kugler. The videos are part of a broader learning tool designed by Kornelia Kugler and Susanne Baer.
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