“The Truth is in the Ice,” is one of the poster/ print series I created while in the Global Warming Poster Design class. I arrived at the concept while reading some articles about scientist measuring the temperature of the core ice in the Antarctic and measure the rate of disappearance of the world’s glaciers. Numerous scientific editorial pieces were using research about ice (glacier cores) to confirm our concerns about global warming and the melting of polar ice caps. Many people are still denying global warming and climate change, but with such a large body of scientific evidence it becomes impossible to deny. That is where the tag line came from.

Each piece in this series, designed for a range of print media, presents some of the factual information found in my research, along with the tag line, “the truth is in the ice.” I created melting typographic ice that spelled “truth,” as compelling imagery and a visual metaphor, playing off the editorial facts.

Bus depot billboard has short pieces of factual information that people can read while waiting for the bus.

Bus depot billboard has short pieces of factual information that people can read while waiting for the bus.

Several of the pieces were designed to be read at both a poster level and an editorial level. The eerie quality of the image draws the viewer in, compelling them to read the editorial which contain relevant articles pertaining to polar ice melting and global warming.

Square editorial poster. Actual size is 20x20"

Square editorial poster. Actual size is 20×20″

Detail showing typography at close reading range. (click for actual size)

Detail showing typography at close reading range. (click for actual size)

I explored several other poster scale editorial designs, all at 24×26″ size

  • Alternate editorial poster exploration. (Original size 24x36")
  • Alternate editorial poster exploration. (Original size 24x36")
  • Alternate editorial poster exploration. (Original size 24x36")