Graphic design,
identity development
& typography
The Cacophany Project
Illustration
Illustration created for Engineering New Zealand’s membership magazine Engineering Insight, to support an article on The Cacophany Project.
The Cacophany Project is a way of recording birdsong levels in New Zealand’s bush, and transmitting the data to be analysed. By setting up cheap smartphones in specially-designed weatherproof boxes, data can be collected and transmitted automatically. If an area is found to have a cacophany of birds, great! On the flipside, if there is no birdsong, that’s a sure sign that the area has been overrun by nasty predators like stoats, rats and possums, and pest control should be a priority.
Client: Engineering New Zealand Creative Direction: Angeli Winthrop