Audience
Attendees
Number of facilitators
Level
Preparation
Activity
Description
This creative workshop invites migrant youth and children to design pictograms and multilingual welcome signs for public library spaces. The focus is on visual communication, empathy, and accessibility—ensuring that all community members, regardless of language, feel safe and included.
Objectives
• Foster a sense of ownership and belonging in public spaces.
• Promote visual literacy and inclusive design.
• Raise awareness of accessibility and communication needs.
• Create tangible, meaningful outputs that libraries can display.
Worked skills
• Visual communication and design
• Teamwork and peer collaboration
• Critical thinking on inclusion and accessibility
• Creative expression
• Language awareness and empathy
Prerequisites for the audience
• Ability to draw or express ideas visually (no artistic skill required)
• Basic awareness of symbols and signs in public spaces
• Some lived experience of navigating unfamiliar places or systems
Equipment
• Large drawing paper, markers, colored pencils, scissors, glue
• Flipchart or board to brainstorm ideas
Content used
• Printed examples of pictograms and multilingual signage
• Access to translation apps or dictionaries (optional)
• Multilingual “Welcome” messages and inclusive phrases
• Accessibility symbols (e.g., disability icons, hearing assistance). See: The Noun Project