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ILLUSTRATION FOR WE RISE, LA
JONATHAN CALUGI
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Italian illustrator Jonathan Calugi has created a poster for a LA-based mental health project We Rise.
Jonathan was commissioned by project director Yosi Sergant, and was briefed to create an image that
represented how the idea of community can help people’s personalities shine through and create solid
connections with one another, while also underscoring the overarching themes of mental health awareness.
“The problem with reflecting this type of problem is that it doesn’t have a face,” says Jonathan. “Anyone
could lose themselves inside their head.” As such, his image takes the form of a full profile of a person’s
head, but made up of a number of different figures carefully balanced to create a whole. “The people inside
this head are a sort of community – an equilibrium of energy, soul and love – that could help us look at the
world in a different way,” says Jonathan, who adds that the use of various shapes and colours aim to provide
a sense of energy “to put some colour back into your life.”