Join the Team - Graphic Designer.
"CPSC was hiring a graphic designer to help out with agency graphic design needs and CPSC's social media specialist wanted to set the tone right."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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Great Space Heater of the Winter Forest.
"One of the first CPSC safety graphics to feature a large product looming over a vast landscape. CPSC's social media specialist would return to this kind of framing many, many, many, many, many times."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
Photo, Print, Drawing
Visual Information Specialist.
"CPSC was hiring a graphic designer to help out with agency graphic design needs and CPSC's social media specialist wanted to set the tone right."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
Photo, Print, Drawing
Computers are Busy.
"CPSC's website where the public can report unsafe products - SaferProducts.gov - was down for maintenance."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
Photo, Print, Drawing
Force Field Baby (Updated).
"An updated version of the very first CPSC safety meme. This version of force field baby featured higher res photos, use of the appropriate CPSC logo, and the white footer that would become ubiquitous across CPSC social media graphics."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
Photo, Print, Drawing
Astronaut Baby (Updated).
"An updated version of the second CPSC safety meme. This version of astronaut baby featured higher res photos, use of the appropriate CPSC logo, and the white footer that would become ubiquitous across CPSC social media graphics."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
Photo, Print, Drawing
NEISS - 2017 Book Injuries.
"Really great infographics can help a viewer not just understand data, but interpret data. Unfortunately, CPSC Social Media Specialist Joseph Galbo could not create really great infographics. Instead, he took products and turned them into monsters attacking cities across America. The data came from CPSC's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). The NEISS system data is available to the public on CPSC.gov.". Description from...
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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You Were Made To Be More.
"CPSC's social media specialist created this graphic the day after they found out their family was going to have a baby."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
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The Knight - Protect thy family.
"There was one really great stock photo of this Knight left and CPSC's social media specialist decided it was time to use it."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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Force Field Baby - Eclipse.
"The day of a solar eclipse CPSC created a number of its most popular safety messages with a gif eclipse background."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
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Tell The Hurricane - Portable Generator Safety.
"CPSC's social media specialist thought this very intense cat seemed like the perfect messenger to let approaching hurricanes know that people were prepared."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
Photo, Print, Drawing
The Knight - Part 1
CPSC Social Media Specialist Joseph Galbo wanted to come up with something unexpected to celebrate Galentines Day in 2018. This image of a knight having a really bad day stood out. This was one of the first safety memes CPSC ran with a narrative that spanned three images.. Description from creator, Joseph Galbo
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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The Knight - Part 2
CPSC Social Media Specialist wanted to come up with something unexpected to celebrate Galentines Day in 2018. This image of a knight having a really bad day stood out. This was one of the first safety memes CPSC ran with a narrative that spanned three images.. Description from creator, Joseph Galbo
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
Photo, Print, Drawing
The Knight - Part 3
CPSC Social Media Specialist wanted to come up with something unexpected to celebrate Galentines Day in 2018. This image of a knight having a really bad day stood out. This was one of the first safety memes CPSC ran with a narrative that spanned three images.. Description from creator, Joseph Galbo
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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Safe Gifts Only - Shark - French.
"CPSC took the lead on creating Black Friday social media graphics for a shared international campaign between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. In Canada all public health messaging must be released in English and French. Health Canada staff graciously provided CPSC the French translation for this graphic.". Description from creator, Joseph Galbo
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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Saint Patrick's Day - Joy.
"Like many CPSC graphics, the imagery here is surreal and whimsical. The headline is a play on the lyrics from 'The Parting Glass', a somber song about reflecting on one's own life and death. This is the first of many CPSC graphics that will leverage a more sentimental tone to convey an important safety message." Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
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A Reindeer Poem.
"Poetry -- even the simple kind -- is cool. CPSC's social media specialist believes people like poetry more than they like to admit. CPSC's social media specialist was not good at poetry, but it was still fun to try and the public always responded well to graphics that featured poems."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
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National Popcorn Day - Sentient Popcorn Bag.
"There's something joyous about inanimate objects coming to life. Sentient Popcorn Bag became a fan favorite among CPSC social media followers for their happy expression despite so much popcorn flying out of their bag. CPSC's would return to this content template with other kinds of food, but none was ever so beloved as Sentient Popcorn Bag."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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Sentient Burrito.
"There's something joyous about inanimate objects coming to life. Sentient Burrito became a fan favorite among CPSC social media followers for their happy expression despite being more of a wrap than a burrito. CPSC's would return to this content template with other kinds of food including the most beloved Sentient Popcorn Bag."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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Lock and Key Portable Generator.
"Many of CPSC's social media graphics were created while CPSC's social media specialist was listening to pop music. Often, the same song would be listened to all day, hundreds of times, over and over again. This graphic was created while listening to the house remix of a popular R&B song from 1998."--Description from creator, Joseph Galbo.
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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Force Field Baby
"The first safety meme created by CPSC, Force Field Baby was featured throughout Baby Safety Month 2016. Cords are a common strangulation hazard for children in the home and are often overlooked by parents when creating a safe sleep environment for their baby. All baby monitor, window blind, and other cords should be at least three feet away from babies at all times. CPSC...
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph
Date:2016
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They left me.
"After months of creating safety memes that were mostly fun, CPSC Social Media Specialist Joseph Galbo wanted to attempt to create something more serious and emotionally affecting that subverted the expectations of CPSC's social media followers. These kinds of serious graphics were the hardest to create well especially when using a stock photography account. The response to this style of graphic (shock and surprise)...
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2018
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SaferProducts.gov - The Broken Bear.
"Originally created to offer CPSC's followers a slightly more emotional graphic to provide contrast to the agency's light-hearted meme strategy, The Broken Bear became the graphic CPSC's social media specialist turned to when the conversation online was reacting to a dark and harrowing national event. Like many social media accounts at the time, in moments of national or global crisis brands and government agencies...
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
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Enchanted Urn and Tablet - Make Sure The Goods are Good.
#NationalGarageSaleDay was trending. CPSC safety memes often refer to enchanted objects in an attempt to appeal to the universal childhood fantasy of finding something old and enchanted.. Description from creator, Joseph Galbo
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Date:2017
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Bev's Smoke Alarms.
"Social Media Specialist: Joseph Galbo; Approved by Director of Communications, Joseph "Joe" Martyak Deputy Director of Communications, Patty Davis; CPSC Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle" Transcription of text from image: Bev! Check the smoke alarms!
Contributor:
Galbo, Joseph - United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
