Katie Pring

BA (Hons) Graphic Design - Farnham

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In the year 1999 an apocalypse approached. The Y2K bug. Threatening to collapse computer systems worldwide. This could’ve been the end of the world as we know it.

‘The end of the world as we know it’ conveys the pressure cooker of panic, hype and hysteria leading up to the turn of the millennium. It explores the media circus that sensationalised the biggest headline of the year, which is relevant to us now more than ever.

The Y2K bug affects every computer system. In the entire world. Will it be fixed in time? The paperwork keeps piling up. The newspapers say the world will end. My coworkers are buying arms. Is it normal to feel scared reading the news?

This document details the construction of ‘The end of the world as we know it’. Explaining rationale, typography choices, reasoning, construction etc.

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Trust god and keep your powder dry. Are you prepared to take action?

The American Militia movement was the true danger of Y2K. These groups rooted in white supremacy and conspiracy armed themselves and prepared to fight if need be. In reality, the true threat was hysteria. Even if Y2K had shut down computer systems globally, thousands of armed extremists with a finger on the trigger was a more imminent doomsday.

I acquired the fax I used to print this project second-hand on eBay. It came with a few rolls of thermal paper, which smelt as old as the fax did. Much of it had yellowed which I used for a few prints. This helped to make the fax feel like it was a relic of the 1990’s.

BA (Hons) Graphic Design - Farnham

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