national geographic uses art to promote its 'planet or plastic?' initiative - Designboom

last year, national geographic launched its ‘planet or plastic?’ project in an effort to raise awareness of the mounting issue of plastic pollution and it’s impact on our marine environments. this year, they have invited 12 young artists, or ‘artivists’, from 12 of the most plastic polluted countries in the world, to create artworks to promote the initiative. together, the 12 posters form a 2019 calendar, aiming to spread the message and help reduce the amount of plastic waste. 

‘january – children or plastic?’ by sheng chen (china)

the initiative has been launched by national geographic in response to the startling statistic that we currently throw away 9 million tons of plastic every year, with 5 trillion pieces of plastic already in our oceans. in an effort to combat this, each of the 12 artworks are inspired by the environmental and health issues of plastic waste currently being faced in the artists’ respective home countries. by sharing their point of view with a wider audience, the calendar aims to spread the ‘planet or plastic?’ message worldwide.

‘february – the future or plastic?’ by kathrin honesta (indonesia)

for more information on the project and to download the 2019 calendar or individual posters, you can visit the national geographic website. here you can also watch the short videos explaining each artwork in greater detail and showing the production’ step-by-step and testimonials of the authors.

‘march – healthy diet or plastic?’ by kristy anne ligones aka KDLIG (philippines)

‘april – wildlife or plastic?’ by thao mien phan (vietnam)

‘may – blue ocean or plastic?’ by ruwangi amarasinghe (sri lanka)

‘june – gentle giant or plastic?’ by bom cherdsak aka 2CHOEY (thailand)

‘july – man’s best friend or plastic?’ by ahmed karam (egypt)

‘august – pearl or plastic?’ by kelseyz aka troublexy (malaysia)

‘september – environment or plastic?’ by thomas of the cosmos (nigeria)

‘october – sea creatures or plastic?’ by helena layzu (bangladesh)

‘november – birds or plastic?’ by wilmari botha (south africa)

‘december – marine life or plastic?’ by pavan rajurkar (india)

project info:

project name: ‘planet or plastic?’

initiative: national geographic

artists: sheng chen, kathrin honesta, kristy anne ligones aka KDLIG, thao mien phan, ruwangi amarasinghe, bom cherdsak aka 2CHOEY, ahmed karam, kelseyz aka troublexy, thomas of the cosmos, helena layzu, wilmari botha, pavan rajurkar

designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.

edited by: lynne myers | designboom

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