Remember the poster competition? Yeah, that one, the one where we bashed students, lamented the finalist selections and bitched and moaned for a while? (Of course, that was all part of the fun).
After some deliberation the winners have finally been selected. Each judge was asked to select one poster and that is what they did alright. The following are each judge’s choice, accompanied by their reasoning for selecting it.
Judge’s comment: “I chose this poster from the scores of great work because I like its simple direct approach. It takes a really great quote (one that I rather identify with on a personal level) and does justice to it through utilizing typography AS illustration, rather than putting a caption to a ‘picture’. The obscure and eminently illegibly legible image says it all, this could actually stand as a sort of definition of graphic design. The intensely hand-rendered treatment appeals to my misanthropic and iconoclastic relationship with the current level of technology in design as well. It appears to completely sidestep the computer as a design tool. That’s a strategy that I think we all might examine in the future. This poster and its message is entirely antagonistic without having to resort to being clever. I only wish that the color was thought through a bit more. I think a nice flesh tone would have put it over the top — given it a lot of ‘guts’. (heh. heh.)”
Judge’s comment: “This poster is both dark and optimistic. I like the fact that it depicts design as a social exchange. It is visually strong and direct, while also being oddly recessive and laid back. It asks us to consider the relevance and consequences of the statement at the center of the poster, rather than slamming us with a definitive message. Sometimes, text is more powerful when it’s small.”
Judge’s comment: “On it’s own, I feel it is a very simple idea played out elegantly. I think it is a nice answer for a web-inspired competition.”
From Veer and Speak Up, we congratulate all the winners! We will start production on these posters as soon as humanly possible and we will have them up for sale for the Holiday season hopefully.
PS. Next week we will put names to every poster in the voting den, and we will have posts (i.e., Critique for 01-50, Critique for 51-100, etc.) for some good ol’ critique. This is, after all, still a learning experience for everyone.
I personally want to sincerely THANK everyone who participated in this. Your effort, time and creativity made this contest a success. I can't thank you enough for your contributions.
I will also, eventually, throw out there the four posters I would have picked. Just to add to the discussion.
Again, many, many thanks.
On Nov.03.2004 at 09:59 AM