Environmental Activities Around the World
Graphic design is used for various purposes, two major ones being advertising and campaigns. One category of these are the ones put out by corporations to promote their sustainability practices. They often use the visual language of environmentalism and nature to make themselves seem legitimate. This Infographic mentions the various projects Samsung has done around the world to promote the idea of environmentalism. The imagery shows a picture of an abstract planet that is meant to be Earth, with plant-like shapes growing out of it. The planet has white spots on it, which could be interpreted as either clouds or ice patches. In this particular ad, the green elements are what give defensive legitimacy that this is associated with environmentalism.
