Aware
Building awareness against collateral damage due to this pandemic.
Premise
Aim: Triggering positive change in community through infographics as a medium.
With an avalanche of information, the news today asks for continuous attention and empathy. And in these times, it’s real we aren’t exactly living in times of utopia. In the following months when all of it is over, while recovering from this pandemic globally the society will suffer a lot from the collateral damage (Eg. Social, Mental, Economic, etc.) that will grip us all. And in times like these, a need for a sense of community empathy becomes even more heightened. And art enables that.
Art has always been utilized as a vital tool of creativity during times of pandemic. To entertain, to console, to connect and give voices to those unheard.
More than ever, we humans are in need of connection especially while practicing voluntary distancing. To believe that we aren’t alone and there are many resonating with the same thoughts, pain, and doubts. Many of us must have stumbled upon people going live and us too sharing our stories on media platforms like Instagram/Facebook/VK etc. People sing, cook, dance and entertain in whatever way possible. The need to hear and tell stories of humanity even stronger than ever.
This 'Call for Ideas Exercise' is to build a space for a positive and uplifting dialogue during this worldwide pandemic. The intent is to endure isolation in these testing times while bringing positivity, well being, empathy and mindfulness collectively to our daily lives through an online community.
Aware Space
While there's this phase where our entire screen space is being taken by the news of the pandemic, what does not meet the eye are the parallel issues and its impact on our daily lives. The collateral damage because of this is real as ever. Water scarcity hasn't vanished from the planet, global warming is still the number one threat to mankind, food scarcity may be right around the corner and it's the lowest strata which will get the most hit. In this onslaught of undiscovered issues, combating fake news has been a tough challenge for many agencies as well.
There's not much we can do to help in this global crisis, except be a responsible citizen. What we can also do is prepare the society to get back on their feet as soon as this situation is settled. Can we be creators of positive change through graphics as a medium?
The objective is to design an infographic that either busts a recent myth (as fresh/large as possible) or brings in some positive action the community can take, or spreads awareness about this pandemic or its impacts. (Eg. Mental health and lockdown - The least spoken one amongst this crisis)
The deliverable is an 'infographic' or 'illustration' sent via email (social@uni.xyz) OR post the same on your handle and tag us OR message us on any of the handles below. You can share a description (of about 200 words) along with your image that support your submission. There is no entry fee or any eligibility criteria. Anyone can submit their ideas that can spread something positive through this ever growing community of creatives we are building here.
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(The ideas should be based on an authentic news sources - The links of references should be submitted with the images)
Who am I designing for?
The designs you are creating are for real people around the world who do not have access to information or do not have the mindspace currently because of the instability of the situation. The ideas are conceptual and mostly suggestive of how architects and designers can help either in the during pandemic situation OR post pandemic situation. Uni editorial is only handling moderation in this exercise. This is not a design competition but a forum to appreciate creative ideas that can alleviate this tough challenge for human kind.
The submission for this cycle closes on 10th April 2020. We will continue/conclude the cycle based on the responses we receive.
Queries? Write to us at social@uni.xyz
