In the 2010 Toronto Mayoral election, political outsider Rob Ford unexpectedly throws his hat into the ring. Widely dismissed as a joke by other politicians and the media, he defies critics with a shocking landslide victory. But his administration soon becomes a slow motion trainwreck, with an avalanche of scandals, and allegations of hard drug use leading to an international media frenzy.

For this shocking and entertaining tale of political scandal, we helped to visualise the media circus around Rob Ford through a selection of headline and YouTube graphics. On this page, you’ll see our finished graphics for the show, as well as a range of style development that we produced before landing on the final, monochrome collage look of the headlines.