




Design can help further your research goals and activities. With the right design, branding and visual storytelling, we can assist you in conveying your research to academic colleagues, interested professionals, and even layman listeners and observers.
A good design will help focus your academic and research message. A great design will support your presentations as a leading researcher, and as a skilled communicator in the academic community. With over 20 years of experience, we, at Masters of Design academic graphics, are the right team to tell you academic story in a visual and effective way.
Helping YOU
communicate your research
through branding and design.
About us
We are Guy and Shani Elder, graphic designers, married and parents
of 4 children. The studio was founded in 2003, and we have been working with Academic clients as a prime niche.
Guy Elder, PhD
PhD in Communication, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
M.A. in Arts, Tel Aviv University.
B.Des in Graphic Design, Vital - Center for Design Studies, Tel Aviv.
B.A in Communication and Management, College of Management Academic Studies, Tel Aviv.
Shani Elder
B.Des in Graphic Design, Shankar, College of Engineering, Art and Design, Ramat Gan.



Projects
We create branding for research projects and institutions, from a basic logo to a complete overall visual language.
We visually assist with ERC grant submission processes, designing presentations that help researchers receive grants from the foundation; design presentations for lectures, conventions, open-day events, strategy meetings, job talks, academic papers, posters and more academic graphic needs.
Our ERC Grant receivers clients
Starting Grant
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Michal Biran (2013)
Prof. Chaim Garfinkel (2015)
Prof. Liat Kozma (2017)
Prof. Limor Shifman (2017)
Prof. Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom (2018)
Dr. Orly Lewis (2019)
Dr. Yotam Drier (2020)
Prof. Netta Barak-Corren (2022)
Dr. Aya Ben-Yakov (2022)Prof. Noam Gidron (2023)
Prof. Guy Katz (2023)
Dr. Moran Frenkel-Pinter (2024)
Dr Karma Ben Johanan (2024)
Dr. Ilan Komargdovski (2024)
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Prof. Kinneret Keren (2018)
Prof. Shulamit Levenberg (2018)
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Prof. Jennifer Oser (2022)
Consolidator Grant
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Louise Bethlehem (2014)
Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten (2015)
Prof. Alex Retzker (2017)
Prof. Eran Halperin (2019)
Dr. Erez Zohar (2023)
Dr. Yonathan Anahory (2023)
Dr. Nick Stone (2023)
Dr. Tamar Stein (2023)
Prof. Yair Furstenberg (2023)
Prof. Yoel Greenberg (2024)
Advanced Grant
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Gideon Shelach-Lavi (2019)
Prof. Maren R. Niehoff (2024)
Tel Aviv University
Prof. Tamar Herzig (2022)
more academic
projects
For over more than a decade, we have accumulated considerable professional design experience for academic purposes.

Our clients
Our clients are faculty and staff members of universities and other academic institutions.
The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (various units) | Tel Aviv University | Ben Gurion University | University of Haifa
Technion – Israel Institution of Technology, Haifa | Azrieli Foundation | New Israeli Fund | Dep. Of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar-Ilan University
The Workshop for Leadership in Education, Haifa University | Reichman University, Herzliya | College of Management Academic Studies
Davis Institution | Mandel Leadership Institution | ISEF Foundation | Researchers | Graduate students









Lectures & Workshops
Under our philosophy for the importance of design in the academic world, we have developed lectures and practical workshops relevant to students and faculty. The lectures and workshops are delivered by Dr. Guy Eldar, an independent graphic designer, owner and partner in a graphic design studio since 2004, a lecturer and researcher in the fields of design. For over a decade, Guy has been conducting workshops for faculty and graduate students, in a wide variety of academic settings.
The lectures and workshops can be adapted to the needs of the academic framework upon request. The lectures are delivered in Hebrew or English, in person or online (via Zoom) if needed.
Teaching & research presentation design
A workshop for understanding the principles of presentation design, which includes recommendations, rules and practical tools for design, with reference to the structure and content of the presentation.
Target audience
faculty and graduate students
MS Word and text design
Tools for proper work with the common word processor and tips for designing academic documents of various types, including a reference to CV design.
Target audience
Graduate students and faculty
Graphs and tables design
Having the graph or table be legible and telling "the right story" is crucial in a research presentation. The workshop guides participants how to enhance and focus their visual numbers.