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World Science Festival

Print concepts for the 2014 World Science Festival in New York: science photographs on black under playful headlines.

When
2014
For
World Science Festival

In March 2014 Graham made a series of print concepts for the World Science Festival, held in New York City from May 28 to June 1 that year. Each one sets a photograph on black, with a headline at the top and the festival’s dates, sponsors and red logo along the bottom.

A first set tried a dozen photographs under placeholder text, from a Tesla coil and a cluster of pendulums to a pocket watch in a glass globe. The final set used three, a cracked egg sprouting greens, a double helix of green stems and a test tube pouring a smoking liquid over chocolate, and gave them headlines with a wink: Head over helix, science is fun again for the first time, with again struck out; Veggies are scientists too; Nerds. This one’s for you.

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A double helix of green stems on black under a red band: Head over helix, and below it Science is fun again for the first time, with again struck out; the festival’s dates, sponsors and red logo along the bottom
Head over helix
A cracked egg sprouting greens on a warm brown ground, under Veggies are scientists too. in white capitals
Veggies are scientists too
A test tube pouring a white, smoking liquid over broken chocolate, under Nerds. This one’s for you.
Nerds. This one’s for you.
The sprouting egg again, under Breakfast never tasted so weird.
Breakfast never tasted so weird
The smoking test tube and chocolate, under Too many chefs makes fun science
Too many chefs makes fun science
The test tube and chocolate under a long headline: These chemical compounds aren’t going to create thermodynamic reactions by themselves.
These chemical compounds
From the first set: purple lightning from a Tesla coil on black, under placeholder text
From the first set: a Tesla coil
From the first set: gold pendulum balls swinging on long strings, under placeholder text
Pendulums
From the first set: an open pocket watch inside a glass globe, wrapped in smoke, under placeholder text
A pocket watch in a glass globe