World of Waves

In the media, climate change and its consequences are big topics; however, they mostly remain abstract to the public. In order to make the topics more tangible, the campaign “World of Waves” visualises the effect of climate change through a stunning illustration in which a huge wave is rolling towards the viewer. A closer look reveals that the wave is made of maps as they are usually shown in an atlas. The hues of white and blue represent different depths, though the map shows individual countries and oceans that are completely jumbled together by the waves in a literal sense and familiar arrangements are no longer discernible. Overrun by the massive waves, the jumble of countries aims to reflect the perilous impact of climate change; the shaky, handwritten headline “Stop climate change, before it changes our world” gets to the heart of the message.