Social Justice Poster Research

 

This poster had me somewhat interested in it since it used such a basic color pallet, but executed in a simplistic and creative manner. For instance, where the colors fill in their respectable areas make it simple for people of young age to interpret, as this was shown as part in Ellen Lupton's presentation along with some other children book illustrations to show how. There's one way that I might be able to utilize this in my variation of posters, and that might be with the organization and placement of individual colors as well as the figure where the colors will go in.

This poster/book cover is for a book series called Game of Thrones that the artist Albert Exergian made around 2009-2014 that was presented by Ellen Lupton in her presentation on how posters are made and presented. This poster had me get the impression of simple but meaningful message with the black crow that's part of the hierarchy. What I found out when I researched about this book cover is that the crow actually is a symbol that represents messengers of Night's Watch that are in the book (and I think in the show as well). The way that I can get inspiration from this poster/book cover would be by utilizing objects/animals as symbols.

This poster was made during the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and created by Jose Bardasano Baos in Spain. The orange text at the top of the page translate (from Spanish) to Poisoned Water Causes More Casualties than the Shrapnel. The purpose of this poster was to say to the people of Spain that the contaminated water was deadlier than fragments from bombs or any other explosions (which is the shrapnel that was mentioned earlier). The direction that the glass cup with water is heading upwards in the poster almost as if it's going to pop out. This observation was acknowledged in Ellen Zinger's presentation where she drew the white arrow than can be seen above that further details in the cup's direction. I can most definitely use this poster for inspiration in terms of object placement, angle placement and direction sense.

This poster was made by Jean Widmer with the text having the highest status of hierarchy being titled Meal Preparation. Being made in France around the late 60's to early 70's, he was part of a group of Swiss graphic designers that moved to France as a mean to influence the land around there with their designs. The poster has the visual hierarchy aimed at the spoon with what seems to be a pink syrup (which I assume to be cough medicine) with the take away that I assume to be on being sure to prepare you're meals in a way that it acts as medicine. What I can take away from this poster is the contrast of colors since the colors shown make it so that what's on the spoon act as the main attraction, with that being said, I can take into consideration the type of colors I can use in my own poster that work well together.

This poster had me pulled in with the type of colors is what I first think of when I look at it. A few of the relevant translations that I got (from German) was the bold text on the right side that's directly above the vinyl disc as well as the smaller text above it. With the translations being Zurich Museum of Decorative Arts and Record covers from America and Europe designed by young Swiss graphic artists. A poster like this was most likely put on walls around a public area and as flyers in a museum. The colors of the vinyl and the color of the background being a light gray help with the main visual appeal being the disc with what seems to be sans serif type that hangs out above it. What I can take from this poster as inspiration is that simple text with a single object can be useful as well as the size of the text making what wants to be read first matters.