Making Sense of Dyslexia.
Posters for Sydlexia scattered letters across the page the way a dyslexic reader might see them. Fold the poster and the letters come together into a paper animal with its name spelled out.
- Brand
- Sydlexia
- Agency
- Impact BBDO
- Market
- UAE
- Region
- GCC
- Year
- 2017

The challenge
Sydlexia raises awareness of dyslexia and supports dyslexic children with their learning. It needed a brand and a way to show non-dyslexic people what reading can feel like.
The idea
Impact BBDO's design team set fragmented letters in a simple typeface and soft pastel colours chosen to be easier on dyslexic children's eyes. Each poster links to folding instructions; folded origami-style, it becomes a small paper sculpture of an animal (dog, fox, dinosaur, rabbit) with its name above it. The posters ran in newspapers and other media and double as a learning tool for children.
Case study source: Ads of the World Source ↗
Awards
- Cannes Lions 2017Health & Wellness LionsBronze
- Cannes Lions 2017Design LionsSilver
Credits
- Creative agency
- Impact BBDO
- Executive Creative Director, Impact BBDO
- Fadi Yaish
- Design Creative Director, Impact BBDO
- Ryan Atkinson
- Senior Designer, Impact BBDO
- Mohamed Samir
- Designer, Impact BBDO
- Rijin Kunnath
- Copywriter, Impact BBDO
- Jamie Kennaway
- Copywriter, Impact BBDO
- Steve De Lange


