It’s becoming increasingly common for people to express themselves through visual media and illustrations, and some are even embracing visual media as a teaching tool. Digital natives are throwing out the traditional educational textbooks and going for something more visual.

Digital is transforming how we eat. Anyone with a kitchen and a camera can take a picture, upload it and watch it spread in seconds. With millions of recipes and thousands of bloggers, nutritionists, and chefs at our fingertips, how is 'always on' information shaping our diet?

With people demanding more reliable information about what's in their food, start-up Klappo is creating a database of ingredients and recipes and creating an API for food – powering the development of apps that can help people more easily understand what they're consuming.

Images can have an extraordinarily powerful, long-lasting impact. A dramatic example of this is a recent advertising campaign in New York, which virtually shamed consumers into eating and drinking more healthily.