Sunday, October 19, 2008

Politically inspired typography


About the website: Spelling Change was developed by a group of creative professionals to spread awareness and passion about the Obama campaign. Its goal is to encourage one-to-one communication by creating tools that help people get out the word on issues that are important to them.
Artists and designers were asked to create a letter of the alphabet inspired by the Obama campaign. These letters were then printed on t-shirts and distributed to photographers, who shot Obama supporters from all walks of life wearing them. The result is a living alphabet that shows the incredible breadth of Obama’s appeal and a widespread desire for real change in Washington.

Now, you can use this living alphabet to create emails, t-shirts, posters, bumper stickers, and postcards personalized with your own messages of hope and change. You can also design and upload your own letter, becoming part of a creative community fueled by a shared passion to change America from within.

Regardless of your political affiliation, the website is a cool idea. Check it out here.


Sunday, October 5, 2008

POSTER POWER


Use the following links to guide your artistic research for our poster design project.

1. International Poster Gallery: TONS of posters online
2. NY Times Op Ed Article: Influence of logos on poster design
3. Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice, & Environment (1965-2005)
4. Manifest Hope: Artists & Designers creating work for the Obama Campaign
5. Miniature Gigantic War & Iraq Poster Exhibition: lots of designer links here
6. Shepard Fairey: Controversial Contemporary Poster Artist
7. Create a Fairey-inspired design in Photoshop & Illustrator here
8. AIGA Article: "Design as integral part of nonviolent political resistance"
9. HUGE list of Poster Design links
10. Some like it Red: POLISH POLITICAL POSTERS 1944-1989 Complete archive is here
11. Article on Obama's Contraversial Berlin Posters
12. Posters of Discontent (Current Exhibition at Eastern Michigan University): Large list of Designers w/examples and links
13. ID Magazine Article: Posters Prep us for November
14. Images of Labor Poster Series
15. Intute Humanities Poster Links List
16. Seattle Tehran Poster Show
17. Clever UK Labour Party Poster Designs
18. Great insights about the history of posters
19. The Good 50 x 70 poster project
20. Up Against the Wall: International Poster Design (free online book)

ALSO -- CHECK OUT THIS POST from my Intro to Art Blog


Oh, one more -- Craig Foster (he's the guy whose work is pictured above)