Paula Scher is one of the most well-known and prolific living graphic designers. She has created visual identities for such major organizations and institutions as Citibank, the Public Theater, and the High Line (as well as Poster House!) She is a founding partner of Do the Green Thing, a not-for- profit within the Pentagram design agency that encourages people to live more sustainably through its creative public- service engagements. In 2018, this included a series of “World Warning Labels” that highlight the environmental impact of various products, from Land Rovers that “whip up hurricanes” to the latest collection from a fast-fashion brand that “exterminates species.” This poster for Earth Day, in which Scher transforms the Empire State Building into the stem of a sunflower, reflects public views on environmentalism as they were in the 1990s— more focused on celebrating and conserving nature than on existential threats.
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