150 Seconds to Naught

 


Placard in Chicago’s MSI Display

 

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, June 1947

The Bulletin started by concerned Atomic Scientists had a great display at Chicago’s MSI.  Though, when did vacations get that extra impending doom zest?

From the get go, these guys knew how to use design to make a point.  Here’s the first Bulletin from June 1947.  World War II seems to have birthed a certain style for using simplified images and messages to get a point across.  Nazis definitely had their own style — hard angles, black, white, and a little red.

It looks like everyone learned from this but … more organic colors, circle shapes.

This iconic (literally and descriptively) continues.

 


Doomsday Dashboard from 2017.06.18

 

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