Child Trafficking Posters

As i was making my own mailshot of child trafficking i thought it would be a good idea to seee what current graphic design relates to my subject. I found these 3 posters below, even though the subject matter was not the most optimistic thing to be presented with i really liked the thoughts behind them in relation to layout, colour and message.

 This poster above it the one i think is most eye catching solely down to the colours it used. The red crossed out woman's mouth immediately catches your attention and then draws you to the message to the right of it. The black and light blue type works well together, by using a sans serif typeface the statement is much clearer to read therefore sticks in your mind much longer.

No News is Good News

Who- Charity Workers, Hospitals, Government

Why- Because its a touchy and unethical issue that not everybody knows the truth about!

What- James Caan attempted to buy a baby, Poverty, Child Trafficking.

How- Informative facts 

Question- What is the price of a Human Life

IDEAS ON FOLDING MY PAPER 

No news Is good News

The posters below inspired me when producing ideas for my own project. The one poster that caught my eye the most was top one solely down to the way the type has been arranged. I like the way the blue and red bounce of each other and draw you into the text. Its simple and works really well, techniques such as just rotating letters/words makes it much more interesting to read and the combination of different typefaces adds to this. 

Motion typography the 8 rules of fight club

Great film, amazing type simple as that. This video really communicates its point across jumping from word to word to help engage the audience in what they are reading 

"Graphic design......simple and effective"

Space Invader

Space invader is a French street artist who plays with the characters from old Atari console games. He sticks up his tiled pieces of work in cities all over the world labeling them as being space invaded. The pieces below are made entirely from rubics cubes and show famous scenes/people from films and fashion. The contrast between being simple and complicated is what appeals to me within his work. A pixelated image in a video game could be seen as being simple but when space invader has replicated these images in a much larger scales limited to 6 colours is suddenly becomes much more complex.

"Graphic Design is the effective delivery of a message, idea or concept through the use of visual language." 

http://www.space-invaders.com/

IAMOKAT

I spotted "IAMOKAT" in the book Custom Kicks by MAKI. His work was featured in the book because of a piece of work he did about drawing on shoes. The idea of customizing a shoe to give it character and definition is something that really interests me. Might have to invest in some Plain pumps and marker pens!

"Appropriate, creative, obsessive, frustrating, organized, structured...design lives in the detail"

 

http://www.iamokat.com/

Angus Hyland

"The discipline of graphic design will continue to evolve through technological and aesthetic advances, adapting to meet the needs of the market in an increasingly fashion-conscious world"

I like Angus Hyland because when you look at his work you can almost backtrack on the amount of experimentation that has gone into producing his final pieces. 

"Graphic design......simple and effective."

http://pentagram.com

Alex Pardee

Alex Pardee is another American illustrator who has created work for bands such as The used and In Flames. He bases his subject matter on dreams/nightmares that hes had where he has come across monsters and beasts that he reproduces in his work. I like he uses clashing colours to give dynamic effect to the characters he creates, it makes them look as if they're almost washing off the page.

"Appropriate, creative, obsessive, frustrating, organized, structured...design lives in the detail"

 

 www.eyesuckink.com

 

 

Dan Mumford

The 3 prints below are from a selection of work by Illustrator Dan Mumford. I picked these three due to their impact they had on me when i looked at them, the expression and emotion they represent really stands out whilst at the same time they represent a lot of skill within screen printing.

"Graphic Design.......simple and effective."

Johnny Cupcakes

Johnny Cupcakes is an American Brand of clothing recognized for their signature cupcake Logo. Not only do i like their clothes but i really like the way their website is arranged. The black on white links and text flow nicely across the top of the page so its easily accessible and the layout makes it easy for you to browse around the website without getting hooked on tons of links. When you hover over an image the black shapes turn blue, i think this simple colour choice reflects on the point that its easy to use because you immediately know what is selected. 

"Graphic design.....is the effective delivery of a message, idea or concept through the use of visual language." 

 

 

 

ESP Lyra Custom Guitar

This boggles my mind! I like the concept that graphic design doesnt just have to be printing posters and flyers and that really design is anything with a purpose. ESP/LTD make guitars used by millions of people all over the world and the video below is of the artist Lyra customising the pick ups/bridge and scratch plate with a piece of comicbook art.

"Graphic design.....is the effective delivery of a message, idea or concept through the use of visual language."

Michael Shantz

Michael Shantz produces work for alot of mainstream bands and clothing companies illustrating album covers and t-shirts with gory imagery and melting typefaces. I love his style and how his work is very dark and gloomy, using subjects which most other graphic designers wouldn't think twice about using. his work had a childlike charisma about it, i could imagine sketches alike the ones below in some of my high school science books.

 "Graphic design.....is the effective delivery of a message, idea or concept through the use of visual language."

lynne Perella

Lynne Perella is one of my favorite fine artists. I love her work because of its vibrant colours and slap dash sort of style. Even though its not necessarily Graphic Design her use of type and composition encourages me to use alternative media to just working on illustrator and photoshop and to start to get back to basics.

"appropriate, creative, obsessive, frustrating, organized, structured...design lives in the detail"

Plain and simple, Just spotted this video online and i love it. Such a good composition of cinematography!

"Graphic Design......simple and effective"