Public service announcement

For this project I had to tackle the difficult subject of child labor. The posters below are self-explanatory. I’m especially proud of the first one.  copyright Dany Pepin 2012

What goes in the ocean goes in you! This is a very powerful picture! Plastic is NOW in our food chain, think about that for a minute! How have we even let it get this bad? Leave a comment below and tell us your thoughts? (Thanks to @trulyecofriendly for the amazing picture) . . . #plasticwastesolutions #savetheocean #savethesealife #saveus #whatgoesintheoceaceangoesinus

Public service announcement highlighting cat adoption.

A series of posters I designed for a cyberbullying campaign for my Design Studio class at The Corcoran.

Young artists are addicted, they spend hours and hours perfecting their craft. They can't help themselves. Their parents are generally less enthused with their child's artistic aspirations, wishing they'd go to school to become a doctor or a lawyer instead. The College for Creative Studies “Talk to your kids about art school” campaign plays up the duality of this relationship by mimicking anti-drug PSA's.

Powerful and clear. Just like the poster shown, the pure black background allows audience to focus on the white cloud of cigarette smoke in the center, which has taken the shape of a baby in the womb. It is clear that the baby in the form of smoke directly imply that the baby will be absolutely affected if you smoke while pregnant. Pretty good use of visual language to deliver the message.

As finals were approaching this past December, I made the decision to delete all social media apps from my phone. Yes, ALL social media apps; this included Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and Netflix. Here’s why: 1. I wanted to say “bye bye” to all the negative energy: Have you ever been scrolling through Instagram, jealous […]

Between 1972 (or '73) to 1977, I remember every nightly news broadcast kicked off by Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) opening with his “It’s 10 PM. Do you know where your children are?” Read the full text here: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/130472#ixzz2B6PHKK2f -- brought to you by mental_floss!