UN Ocean Decade Iconic Poster Competition

Released by the Ocean Agency, the competition aimed to challenge designers to create “a poster for the Decade of Ocean Science that will, not only create greater support for ocean science, but help inspire a new generation of scientists. Help people discover that ocean science has so much to offer, and can enable adventures just as thrilling, if not more so, than space.”

I created a design proposal that plays with the popularly known quote “The Truth is out There”, which has made us dream of space for so long. By replacing the out there with down here, I’m highlighting the fact that we need to start looking inside, towards the depths of our oceans, which are still unknown to us. The submersible being the focal point of the design evokes the exploration and adventure around ocean science.

My design was selected as one of 30 posters to be exhibited at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on an outdoor exhibition from June to July 2021.