17 GOALS – 9 BILLION PEOPLE –1 FUTURE /  Book Design

2030 NOW

2030 NOW

Life Exhibitions and Life Publishing is a Copenhagen based multi channel  agency founded in 2001 by Stine Trier Norden and Søren Rud. Life Exhibitions has a remarkable track record in staging photo exhibitions on three main topics: Climate, Nature and Sustainability.

Life Exhibitions operates Life Publishing. Our prime focus is to continuously raise awareness on the fragile state of our planet. Life Exhibitions also wants to convey how a developed consciousness on sustainable actions is a contribution to achieving the 2030 UN Goals.

The 2030 NOW book is written by Susanne Sayers, edited by Stine Trier Norden and Søren Rud, Art Direction by Christian Kirk-Jensen from Danish Pastry Design, Photo Editor: Vibeke Højgaard Frederiksen, Scientific Editor: Michael Helt Knudsen, Research: Poul Arnedal, Translation: Tam McTurk, Ashley Douglas and Matt Evans of Citadel Translations, Scotland

THINK, CREATE, ACT

2030 NOW – EXPLORE A WORLD SHAPED BY THE 17 UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS, ACTIVISTS, CELEBRITIES, BUSINESS LEADERS, POLITICIANS… ALL OVER THE WORLD PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD TO CREATE A LIFE OF DIGNITY FOR ALL ON A HEALTHY PLANET. THE UN 2030 GOALS SERVE AS A ROUTE MAP TOWARDS THAT FUTURE. THIS BOOK FEATURES ALL 17 GOALS AND INTRODUCES SOME OF THE MANY INDIVIDUALS STRIVING TO TURN THEM INTO A REALITY

THINK: NADINE LABAKI, STEVEN PINKER, ZOE SALDANA, GLENN CLOSE, TREVOR NOAH, MARTA VIEIRA DA SILVA, RICHARD CURTIS, BERTRAND PICCARD, ACHIM STEINER, MICHELLE YEOH, RAY KURZWEIL, NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU, SIR DAVID ADJAYE, LIYA KEBEDE, BIANCA JAGGER, NICK WATTS, SIR RICHARD BRANSON, JOSEPH POORE, YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND, JORGE CHAMINÉ, PAUL POLMAN

CREATE: KARA WALKER, RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, JEPPE HEIN, OSCAR MURILLO, JENNY HOLZER, YIN XIUZHEN, JOHN GERRARD, ALFREDO JAAR, AEROCENE – TOMÁS SARACENO, AI WEIWEI, AGNES DENES, CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI, OLAFUR ELIASSON, DOUG AITKEN, CAI GUO-QIANG, YOKO ONO, WANGECHI MUTU

ACT: AVANILDO DUQUE, SELINA JUUL, EVAN ATAR ADAHA, MEMORY BANDA,  HANNA NAIMA McCLOSKEY, JACK SIM, DEANDREA SALVADOR, JOHN MBINDYO, LEYLA ACAROGLU, KOKETSO MOETI, JAN GEHL, CÉLINE COUSTEAU, JINTANA KAEWKAO, ANDREA MARSHALL, BUN SALUTH, ZAINAB SALBI, JAN ELIASSON

Editors: Stine Trier Norden and Søren Rud. Concept: Life Exhibitions. Initiated by: Torben Wind. Author: Susanne Sayers. Art Director: Christian Kirk-Jensen / Danish Pastry Design. Photo Editor: Vibeke Højgaard Frederiksen. Global Strategy: Anne Line Hansen. Scientific Editor: Michael Helt Knudsen. Research: Poul Arnedal. Translation: Tam McTurk, Ashley Douglas and Matt Evans. of Citadel Translations, Scotland

ISBN: 978-87-997573-2-9