Rotten Apple Campaign

client:

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role:

Art direction

professor:

problem:

Online scams look familiar, not dangerous

result:

Cultural reframing campaign exposing hidden risk in everyday visuals

skills:

Concept · Art Direction · Visual Narrative · Typography · Campaign System

Context

A public-awareness campaign addressing the normalization of online scams, using culturally familiar imagery to question false security and overconfidence.

Challenge

Scams no longer look suspicious. The danger is embedded in what feels safe, trusted, and familiar, making risk difficult to recognize.

Approach

Recontextualized iconic cultural scenes by replacing the “apple” with a decayed version, pairing them with direct, minimal copy to create cognitive tension and reinterpretation.

Impact

Created high-contrast, culturally loaded visuals that disrupt comfort, provoke reflection, and reposition familiarity as a potential warning sign rather than reassurance.

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