Doomscrolling Editorial Poster

A stark black-and-white editorial anti-tech poster on an off-white background, designed like a modern brutalist magazine cover about digital addiction. The composition is vertical and highly typographic, with one central surreal image and multiple blocks of small text. At the top center, huge bold condensed sans-serif text reads DOOM on one line and SCROLLING below it, with the word SCROLLING stretched across the page and partially motion-blurred or smeared horizontally. In the upper left corner, a tiny text block reads “SCROLL. SWIPE. NOTHING CHANGES.” with a short horizontal line above it. In the upper right corner, small text reads “24 / 7 / 365” above “THE FEED NEVER ENDS” with a horizontal divider line below. On the left side under the title, add a definition paragraph in small editorial text: “the act of spending an excessive amount of time scrolling through negative or distressing content online, often leading to feelings of anxiety, helplessness, and fatigue.” Beneath that, include 2 short horizontal divider lines, then a large statistic reading “67%” followed by smaller text: “OF PEOPLE AGED 18–24 SAY THEY SCROLL MORE THAN THEY INTEND TO. — PEW RESEARCH, 2023”. Below that, another statement reads “MORE SCROLLING. LESS LIVING.” with a divider line beneath. The center of the poster features a glossy black smartphone standing vertically at the bottom center, seen front-on, with the bottom speaker holes and charging port visible. Emerging from the phone screen is a long impossible staircase receding upward into a narrow tunnel made of repeated translucent vertical panels, creating a claustrophobic corridor. Within the tunnel, a giant grayscale human eye appears in the upper half, partially obscured by haze, vertical slicing, and ghosted repetitions, as if trapped inside the feed. The central image should feel eerie, dreamlike, oppressive, and cinematic, with soft fog, high contrast, photocopy grain, subtle motion smear, and layered transparency. Along the right side of the central image, add a narrow vertical numbered index with exactly 24 visible entries: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 007, 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 013, 014, 015, 017, 018, 019, 020, 021, 022, 024, 025, 026, and an ellipsis, plus a thin downward arrow underneath. In the right column, add a text block titled “DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU HOOKED.” followed by 4 short lines: “Infinite feeds. Unpredicted rewards. Endless comparison. It’s not a glitch— it’s the business model.” Below that place a simple eye/globe icon, then a black rectangular box containing the message: “AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP: PUT THE PHONE DOWN. LOOK UP. RECLAIM YOUR TIME.” On the lower left, place a massive cropped black word fragment reading END near the bottom edge, with another stacked statement beside it: “THE MORE YOU SCROLL, THE LESS YOU LIVE.” Add tiny vertical microtext near the left margin for editorial flavor. Across the bottom footer, place 4 icon/text groups: a globe icon, an eye icon, a small warning text block reading “WARNING: EXCESSIVE SCREEN TIME CAN IMPACT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, SLEEP, AND PRODUCTIVITY.”, an expand-corners icon, a barcode, and a final statement on the far right reading “STAY PRESENT. LIVE IN REAL LIFE.” Use minimalist Swiss-grid alignment, generous negative space, sharp black typography, subtle distressed print texture, and a high-fashion poster aesthetic.