A_B_ peace & terror etc. The computational aesthetics of love & hate
The Luxury of Protest, London, England, 2008
Description
A_B_ peace & terror etc. The computational aesthetics of love & hate blends world politics with the aesthetics of computational data to create a powerful, pertinent and spellbinding view of the modern world. As an intriguing collection of data, A_B reveals the quantitative contribution that each of the 192 member states of the United Nations has made to peace and terror in the world. The project is a dual-sided poster: the A_ side displays measures of peace, the B_ side measures of terror. For each measure, the graph is divided into three rings (three separate indexes for peace and for terror) that are themselves composite quantitative measures. The quantitative degree of peace and terror is represented as continuous variation in line thickness: thin = low value; thick = high value. As a functional information design piece, the poster reveals complex and socially relevant data derived from researchers working in the field of geopolitics.
Juror Notes
An intriguing conceptual idea, visualized beautifully. The message remains a little cryptic but maintains curiosity.
This is world peace and terror turned into a science in a visually attractive and engaging way.
Visual intensity matches the contrast of peace and terror.
Credits
- Design firm
- The Luxury of Protest
- Creative director
- Peter Crnokrak
- Designer
- Peter Crnokrak
- Writer
- Peter Crnokrak
- Printer
- K2 Screen
- Printing method
- Dual-sided silk-screen
- Papers
- GFSmith Plasma Polycoat, Glass Clear, 350 micron, plastic
- Typeface
- Avant Garde
- Fabricator
- GFSmith
- Manufacturer
- GFSmith
- Client
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