23:5923:59 is a poster series highlighting various environmental crises. Inspired by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the series reinterprets their symbolism to represent four different forms of ecological destruction. Each theme is presented in two versions: one depicting the current crisis and another envisioning a nightmarish future.
While the present and future versions share identical compositions, we emphasized their contrast through distinct artistic styles—steampunk for the present and cyberpunk for the future, as well as opposing color schemes, with warm tones for the present and cool tones for the future. The visual shift reinforces the passage of time and strengthens the message of preventing environmental collapse.
· Art Direction
· Illustration
· Editorial
2017–2018Ilcsi Shen.
Research: Angel Wang
Jody Wu







Stories behind the Posters
The posters’ compositions feature a series of small scenes, blending real-world environmental crises with imagined doomsday scenarios. These narratives are explored in greater depth in our extended booklet, where we also explain how we reinterpreted the Four Horsemen into our vision of four distinct apocalypses.

   






 


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