December 4, 2008

Re-New

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Poster based on an article from GOOD Magazine which raises the point that the Pentagon or Department of Defense is one of the leading investors in renewable resource technology.
This poster was an experiment in the use of iconography. I was attempting to see if the pentagon shape can be used as a symbol for recycling and as a symbol for the Department of Defense in the same document.
Poster based on an article from GOOD Magazine which raises the point that the Pentagon or Department of Defense is one of the leading investors in renewable resource technology.This poster was an experiment in the use of iconography. I was attempting to see if the pentagon shape can be used as a symbol for recycling and as a symbol for the Department of Defense in the same document.

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Global Warming Poster/ing

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Poster designed to raise awareness of the issues associated with global warming. The poster contains an ever growing compilation of articles drawn from a variety of sources. The articles are curated and given a column size priority as they might in a newspaper. They are then affixed to the main poster according to their date. The poster contains a generic calendar grid of 31 days. The articles are posted according to which day they are published. Over time the mass of articles that builds is intended to help show how big the problems really are. In addition all articles are printed on the backside of discarded paper.

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Glacial Ice Melt

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Poster illustrating major glacial ice melt around the world. Each incident is plotted according to its approximate location on a world map and includes a brief description of what exactly is happening there. The poster does not include all instances of glacial ice melt, just what is currently the most significant cases.

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