Anna
Grubing
Bachelor Illustration
When I decided to study design, I wanted one thing above all: to make things beautiful. It was only during my studies that I really became aware of the fact that good design means much more than appealing aesthetics. Good design works, optimizes and inspires ‒ it always creates new impulses to constantly think and develop everything further.
- Mail: agrubing@gmail.com
- Instagram: annagrub.ink
The Krill and The Climate
How a small crustacean is changing the world
Translated from Norwegian, “krill” means: what the whale eats. The shrimp-like little animals are the central key species in the Antarctic ecosystem. Not only whales, but also seals, penguins, fish, squid and seabirds feed on it. Without krill, they would all become extinct. Moreover, krill helps to counteract climate change. Thanks to its excretions, about 39 million tons of CO2 are transported each year from surface waters to the depths of the ocean, where it can be stored for a thousand years and more. But the little crustacean is under threat: it is suffering the consequences of climate change too. Added to this is human krill fishing. In recent years, the tiny animal has already lost almost 80% of its habitat.
Together, we must save the krill so that it continues to help us keep Antarctic animals alive and counteract climate change. All this is the subject of my illustrated book for eight to ten year olds. In this way, the children are motivated in an exciting and vivid way to deal with topics such as climate change, ecosystems and the industrial influence of humans on nature.
- First Examiner: Prof.in Dipl.-Des. Cordula Hesselbarth
- Second Examiner: Prof.in Dipl.-Des. Cornelia Haas
