Case study

27 ASL curriculum decks, designed in two weeks

Gesture THAT! needed 27 decks to launch their curriculum, starting with nine for their booth at the ASLTA conference. Each one began as a Gamma outline.

Gesture THAT! Unit 1.1 Introduction to Gestures, slide 1

Client: Gesture THAT!
Industry: ASL education
Presentation type: Curriculum deck series
Year: 2025
Slides: 500
Timeline: 2 weeks
Services: Presentation design

What I was given

Their Gamma outlinesOne outline per unit, with notes for the slides that needed real graphic design.

Before and after

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Gamma outline card: sign language continuum — A scanned sketch with a note to the designer became a clean, colored continuum, with the requested change and credit added. Before: the client’s Gamma outline, as shared with me.

Finished Gesture THAT! slide: sign language continuum — A scanned sketch with a note to the designer became a clean, colored continuum, with the requested change and credit added. Before: the client’s Gamma outline, as shared with me.

Gamma outline card: communication dimensions — A black-and-white table became a branded chart with icons for each system.

Finished Gesture THAT! slide: communication dimensions — A black-and-white table became a branded chart with icons for each system.

Gamma outline card: gesture vs. signs — A plain yes/no table became checks and crosses beside hand illustrations.

Finished Gesture THAT! slide: gesture vs. signs — A plain yes/no table became checks and crosses beside hand illustrations.

Gamma outline card: gesture and signed language — A Venn diagram became a flow that shows how the four shared elements connect.

Finished Gesture THAT! slide: gesture and signed language — A Venn diagram became a flow that shows how the four shared elements connect.

Gamma outline card: one handshape — The handshape and its examples now sit in one framed row, in the Unit 2 color.

Finished Gesture THAT! slide: one handshape — The handshape and its examples now sit in one framed row, in the Unit 2 color.

Gamma outline card: key concept points — The same six concepts, set in the Unit 3 teal with consistent photo crops.

Finished Gesture THAT! slide: key concept points — The same six concepts, set in the Unit 3 teal with consistent photo crops.

Selected slides

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