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Lea Berndorfer · Science Illustration
@leaberndorfer.bsky.social
📈 Science Illustration, Infographic & Editorial

Translating science, ecology and socio-political issues into vivid, accessible narratives.

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Late sweet news: the World Illustration Awards 2025 have already wrapped up, but my #illustration “Subjective Age” made it onto the Professional #Science&Technology longlist!!!

#PsychologieHeute
Text Dr. Jörg Zittlau
AD by Gisela Jetter

#theaoi #dirillustration #worldillustrationawards
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#Illustrations for the „The Secret of the #Soybean#Mystery-Game 🔎

The material is part of the project #GloPE – Global Perspectives on Sustainable Diets (GloPE 4), funded by Engagement Global/BMZ, and is free to download via the ANU website www.umweltbildung.de.

#scienceillustration #BNE #soy
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
For the new #educational #mysterygame “The Secret of the Soybean” I illustrated 58 cards and did the graphic design.
Developed by Dr. Henrike Becker, Dr. Johanna Lochner and ANU the material lets 10–12-year-olds explore how soy production, meat consumption, and environmental change are connected. 🌱🔥
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Continuing from the cover, this opener for #AmnestyJournal picks up the thread and makes it clear that #violenceagainstwomen and #femicides are not isolated cases. This #illustration serves as the visual anchor to a series of in-depth texts in the latest Amnesty Journal:

AD Heiko von Schrenk
July 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Out now ❤️‍🔥 New work for the latest issue of the german #AmnestyJournal! I had the opportunity to illustrate the #cover for an urgent topic:
„Women‘s fight and male dominance – how #anti-feminism and #femicides are connected“

Thanks to AD Heiko von Schrenk for the Trust and thoughtful collaboration.
July 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#Illustration for #ÜBERLEBEN, the donor magazine of @caritaseuropa.bsky.social : interview between Svenja Schulze (then Germany’s Minister for Development) and Oliver Müller (Head of Caritas international), talking about why #internationalaid is absolutely vital.

AD Stefanie Santo, Dariush Ghobad
July 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Last year - on behalf of the design agency #needspeople - I got to illustrate the #cover for a new #SWR podcast series diving into the urgent state of Germany‘s education system.

You can listen to the 5-part #podcast in the ARD audio library, on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts.

#illustration
April 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Concept and illustration for a postcard campaign for recruiting young professionals in the social and educational sector for KJE-Hilfe e.V. - in close collaboration with Dr. Kathrin Klaffl.

#Illustration #Postcard #VisualCommunication #SocialWork #KnowledgeTransfer #publicrelations
February 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#Illustration for Psychologie Heute published Oktober 2024 🎲

Why does something happen this way and not another way? Sociologist Armin Nassehi explains in this interview about #chance why it can make sense to always expect the unexpected.

AD Gisela Jetter
Interview Birgit Weidt

#editorial
February 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Two illustrations for the ABC-section of Caritas internationals donor magazine „ÜBERLEBEN“ about the letter “V wie Vergessene Katastrophen“ (aka „V for forgotten crises“).

AD Dariush Ghobad and Stefanie Santo
Interview with Volker Gerdesmeier & Reiner Fritz led by Stefanie Santo
February 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM