The spread of misinformation and fabricated news stories has gained substantial ground in the past few years, largely due to the rise of social media. The Columbia Journalism Review, a world leader in press criticism, wanted to expose Americans to the dangers of false news and educate them on how to recognize it. So we created the Fake News Stand.
In collaboration with Chris Rowson, Ricardo Franco, Angelo Maia, Rebecca Mass, Mert Avadya, Paul Abood, John Smith and Alex Lumain
Photography + Design by Bonnie Wang
Gold Pencil, Out-of-Home / Experiential & Installations - Single, The One Show , 2019
Each of the covers depicted below were real headlines from fabricated news articles circulated on social media platforms.
The insert's design was centered around the concept of 'stretching the truth', exemplified by our choice to 'stretch the type' and manipulate the words themselves to convey a message of bending meaning.