Can We Become Immortal
Course: Publication Design Professor: Karen Dorff
Year: Fall 2018 Categories: Illustration, Publication
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Can We Become Immortal article is an interview of molecular Biologist, Elizabeth Blackburn, addressing how we age through our telomeres. We created chromosome characters to represent the “bad” telomeres and “good telomeres. The spreads are designed with Popular Science magazine visual language.
Recognization / Awards:
Featured in the DSVC 15th National Student Show
Featured in the 2019 AIGA Flux Student Design Competition
Telomeres are the caps at the end of each strands of DNA that protects our chromosomes. Based on Blackburn’s studies, the length of the telomeres determines the life expectancy of a person. Our daily lives activities is one way that contributes to the length of our telomeres.
The Chromies that lives an unhealthy lifestyle such as being overstressed, drinking, and smoking have much shorter telomeres. On the other hand, Chromies that live a well-balanced lifestyle have longer telomeres.
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