We stumbled upon this poster the other day and really enjoyed the use of juxtaposed images. We can make out the “two Bush’s,” “King Kong,” and of course “Helvetica and Arial”. Benoit Lemoine is a designer out of France and is worth checking out. To see more you know the drill.
In 1961, the WWF was founded in Switzerland. Since its inception, membership has grown to approximately 5 million members globally and invested over $1 billion in over 12,000 projects. In the process of making an invaluable impact on our world, the WWF has developed a wide array of powerful campaigns to raise awareness for their cause. Here’s a showcase of some of our favorites from the last decade.
“Our ultimate goal is to build a future where people live in harmony with nature. But with only 4,400 staff worldwide - as dedicated as they are - we clearly cannot do it all. Working with others is essential, and we thank our many partners for helping us in this immense task.”
—Chief Emeka Anyaoku, President, WWF International
WWF China ads use the concept of evolution to ask the question: Is the evolution of animals supposed to lead to objects for human consumption?
2008 was a great year for WWF as well as forest conservation. The organization was able to convince over 60 governments to sign a pact to work towards zero net deforestation by the year 2020. They were able to protect over 1 million hectares of forests including tracts of land in the Amazon and Congo.
WWF and deforestation:
“Save endangered animals before they disappear in front of your eyes”:
Our continued commitment to generating strong year-over-year revenue increases, and to directing those increases to programmatic activities, is compelled by the urgent need for change in the global forces and places that are the focus of our conservation strategy. We are grateful that our supporters share our sense of urgency. As a result, 82 percent of total spending this past fiscal year was directed to worldwide conservation activities.
WWF and fundraising.
“Save the world with a few coins. Donate at www.wwf.at.”:
WWF ads designed by Ogilvy, New Delhi, India. (2005)
“Get more for less. Save the elephant and you’ll save tigers, leopards, one-horned rhino’s, musk deer, the grasslands and much more.”:
Global warming. Our apathy harms only our own futures.
We all know about global warming. Although people might not think that they can do anything about it themselves individual action can make a big difference if we all do them together. Little things like turning off a light or not leaving a tap running. As it takes more effort to do it than not, we don’t do it. But that energy you save when you turn your computer off rather than put it on standby can really make a difference to our planet’s future when you multiply it by a thousand or a million.
Good 50X70 competition posters that were endorsed by WWF (2008):
WWF ad campaign in the form of bathroom towel dispensers! These paper towel dispensers have a cut out the shape of South America through which a stack of green paper towels illustrates the green rain forest canopy of the continent. As the paper towel dispenser is slowly drained of its green paper towels, we see the greenness slowly drained out of South America:
Simple yet powerful ad campaign created to demonstrate the effects of global warming on water levels:
WWF ad campaign for anti-Pollution:
MANIFEST HOPE: DC gathers together a diverse array of the nation’s most talented visual artists under one roof to mark this monumental achievement in our nation’s history and encourages artists and activists to maintain the momentum to bring about true change in the United States.
The three key issues for this event are Health Care Reform, Workers’ Rights and Green Economy. Find out more here.
On the Iranian southern island of Hormuz, 25 artists have created the world’s largest sand carpet. This 12000-square-meter carpet consists of 70 different colored sands and is quite amazing! Check out the detail (more…)
One example of the possibilities:
Ben Wilson has designed a chair for children that you can customize by coloring the chair as you see fit. The chair is cut from a flat plywood sheet, and the 2 Dimensional parts are assembled into a chair. If your feeling really inspired check out this post on more self-expression.
via DesignMilk:
Modern Amusement’s Artist Series T-shirts are scheduled to release in Spring 2009. Referred to as a wearable art collection, the brand aims to showcase new looks from designers around the world. The inaugural collection features L.A based Eric Nyquist and Brooklyn’s Jonathan Cammisa who put their own unique take on the brand’s trademark “crow” logo.
Each season, Modern Amusement will add to the series by releasing a new design from a range of global designers. Look below to see additional variations on the “Crow” symbol.
The “Bubble” Crow
The “Plad” Crow
The “Pixel” Crow
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We all know GOOD Magazine puts up some nice info graphics each week. Here’s one we thought was appropriate given the virtual aspect of our daily design blog. Find out where your country ranks on cell phone usage and internet connection here.
Detail:
Here is an amazing letterpress poster from Cameron Moll that was handcrafted character by character over the course of roughly 100 hours. Impressive.
Another Banksy vandalised, this time down-under.
A piece of screwed-in plastic, paid for by the building’s owners, has protected him from the elements and damage since April this year. But someone has ruined the iconic little diver, by tipping silver paint behind the plastic protector and tagging ‘Banksy woz ere’ on the plastic, potentially ruining the artwork forever.
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