REM

Theme: Pop Culture-Miscellaneous

This design riffs on the iconic R.E.M. lyric — "It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine" — but replaces world with word, turning it into something far more reflective. At first glance, it's a clever bit of wordplay. But look closer, and it becomes a quiet commentary on the fading freedom to express, speak, and question the world around us. The final word FIN (French for "end") draws a cinematic close — a minimalist, melancholic punctuation mark. Beneath it all, in smaller text, sits the understated nod: stipe, writer — a tip of the hat to the man who gave us the lyric in the first place, reimagined here not as a rock star but a silent scribe watching words disappear. This design asks: what happens when the right to say, write, or create freely begins to slip away? It’s not about shouting — it’s about saying something, and how even that can now feel subversive. In its quiet irony lies a real sadness: the sense that words, and what they once allowed us to do, are under threat. This one’s for the writers, singers, lyricists, and thinkers who still believe in the power of the word — even if it’s fading.