Graphic Designer & Illustrator

Olympics heat

Infographic case study

Extreme heat threatens future Summer Olympics

Reporting and data analysis: Rahul Mukherjee, Erin Davis, Will Chase and Gabriella Turrisi
Design and development: Jared Whalen, Rahul Mukherjee, Sarah Grillo, Will Chase and Erin Davis
Illustration: Lindsey Bailey
Editing: Will Chase, Danielle Alberti and Carlos Cunha
Audience engagement: Angrej Singh


Pitch

To supplement our Olympics coverage, Axios’ Storytelling team led by Rahul Murkerjee pitched a long-format visual story on how heat would affect the Summer 2024 Olympics. My task was to create a graphic explaining the cooling system implemented by the Paris Olympics team.


Initial sketch


Fallbacks

Axios’ data visualizations and infographics are adapted to various sizes using ai2html. This ensures our graphics read well on different devices.