2025 Canadian Wildfire

Canadian Wildfires (2025)
Part of the Global Warming Awareness Poster Series
Design by Gianluca Franzese

The smoke rose across provinces. Boreal forests turned to ash. And for weeks, the air wasn’t safe to breathe.
This poster captures the 2025 wildfires that scorched Canada — one of the most severe wildfire seasons in the country’s history. Entire communities were evacuated, ancient woodlands were erased, and the smoke drifted thousands of miles, dimming skies across Europe and the United States.

The design features fractured maple leaves spiraling through a gray, smoke-choked sky — a symbol of national identity consumed by a global emergency. The composition draws from early 20th-century manifesto art, reimagined here as a climate-era cover: a quiet catastrophe disguised as a headline. Bold, stylized, and immediate.

It’s a visual record of a real climate disaster — an image created to remember not just what burned, but what was carried with the smoke.
Each piece is a reminder that this crisis is not isolated. The winds carry more than ash. And we are all downwind.

About the Design
This piece draws visual inspiration from TIME Magazine covers — not as replication, but as recontextualization. The familiar layout becomes a framing device: a signal of urgency, media, and history. By mimicking the form of a cover story, the poster suggests what should be front-page news — and how easily we let it fade. The title lettering was hand-drawn to preserve the visual reference while remaining original artwork.

⚠️ Warning: Global Warming Is Real. Earth Climate In Crisis.

Printed on synthetic 4533 press, this poster benefits from enhanced durability and color vibrancy. The synthetic 4533 press technology uses advanced printing techniques to ensure that the colors remain vivid and the material withstands various environmental conditions, making it ideal for long-term display and preservation.

Poster Size: 12 inches x 18 inches