Behold, the world in the year 2070. It looks like long awaited changes that never arrived and failed optimism that shifted in the eyes of the Pasifika. Because the only change seen, was now through the lens of the salt filled oceans and the remains of a neglected and corroded wall on a heated world.

In the light of the climate chaos that is prevalent due to the emissions and funding of fossil fuels, the Pacific Islands began to slowly sink beneath the sea. Fossil fuels heavily impact the quality of the water, polluting  drinkable water, and contaminating the water in which many ecosystems live. Without   a single drop of humanity and love, that is needed in design and in the world. The British Banks continued to fund and magnify their own agendas. Only concerning themselves with close-minded ideologies they were presented with, and that coddled their own careless actions. Their lack of movement towards change for a better world, is a consequence of their lack of empathy towards the very livelihood of the Pasifika community on the surface, and humanity as a whole.

In the wake of the sunken islands beneath the sea, a corroded wall is filled with the heartfelt pleas and the prayers of restoration of the island cultures laid bare. However, with time passed and no realistic changes evident, this wall can only be seen as a decorative ornament in which unknowing and ill-informed people disgrace the wall and any lasting memory of the people of the Pacific.

The billboard, filled with posters, is a monument that has lived and breathed over the past 50 years. It is a token from the past, but also legitimizes the neglect of the future. The wall is also adorned with irony. An irony that sees a wall which is devoted to the remembrance of history and culture that dates back to colonization. Where the people of the Islands welcomed the British, and yet were only met with indifference as they worked to assimilate and fuse their own laws, beliefs, and convictions onto the people. The wall then highlights their independence and freedom as a country. Who then relishes in the beauty of their being and nature. Though as it continues to build, hate seeps into the picture through graffiti, torn pages, and dismantled figures. This speaks to the lack of respect shown to this demographic, and almost acts as a reflection and prediction of the ravished future. The billboard then collides itself with radical statements and movements of change through protests around the world, but more focally in Britain. Images of children and their water filled land elicit saddened emotions, though these feelings are not enough, and a call to formative action must be established when concerning fossil fuels. Therein lies the irony, that the entrapment and effects of the British on the Pacific is still prevalent within the present day. Although they have gain their independence, Britain will always have the last word on their survival. Though the product of the billboard inspires hope and change, the late and present condition of the wall contradicts this idea as it is slandered and defamed.   

The designer of this approached with the values and notions adapted into the manifesto, A Love Letter From A Designer, however the way in which it was received speaks only to the conditions that the manifesto should not only be applied to design, but to life. The billboard celebrated an array of emotions, all while tested with the people it directly concerned and effects. The glory of the billboard made them feel proud to be apart of their culture, deeply saddened and frustrated with an alternative disastrous outcome, and contemplative about the impact one can have. "In my culture, in Samoa, there's a proverb that goes, 'E pala ma'a, ae le pala upu.' It means that even stones decay, but words remain." (Brianna Fruean). The importance of words carries true, that one little change in words and numbers could mean the difference between a fighting chance or devastation. Where hope is the defining hope  for the former. In this way, we can't let beacons of light portrayed through posters and art be one defamed, but one represented and celebrated in galleries. One who encourages the approach of love, empathy, open-mindedness, and learning.