30 Reasons 2012

30 Reasons is gearing up for 2012.

They’re enlisting 30 designers to each create a poster that represents a reason to re-elect President Obama. Starting on October 8th, we’ll reveal a new poster on 30reasons.org every day until the election. Join our mailing list, and we’ll email you each poster so you can share them with fellow supporters or undecided friends.

Back in ’08 we featured posters by some of the best designers and artists in America. We reached hundreds of thousands of registered voters, and are upping the ante for ’12. This year we’re providing powerful visual messages and the facts to back them up. Let’s stop the misinformation and give voters 30 reasons to vote for Barack Obama in November.

30 Reasons

Forty Posters for Forty Years | New at Pentagram

Pentagram was founded 40 years ago today, on June 12, 1972, in London by the designers Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Theo Crosby, Kenneth Grange and Mervyn Kurlansky. The company was formed when Pentagram’s predecessor, Crosby Fletcher Forbes, added two new partners, Grange and Kurlansky, expanding the multi-disciplinary partnership to five.

For the anniversary the 19 current Pentagram partners, under the creative direction of Harry Pearce, have designed a series of posters for the 40 years since Pentagram’s birth. Each partner created posters for two or three different years, and the only parameters for the series were the use of black, white and red (Pentagram Warm Red, of course).

http://new.pentagram.com/2012/06/forty-posters-for-forty-years/

Free poster competition/ Occupy what's next ? / Extended deadline

As you already know, it appears that this Spring will be very active in matters of expressing social issues. Both, students and professionals have been invited to our open, free, and international poster competition on the theme "Occupy: What's Next?".

We are not looking for protests, but we are interested in gathering visual designs that address central issues, express your own concerns and suggest solutions to societal ills and disconnects.

We have extended the deadline to May 31, 2012

And let me repeat: there are no entry fees !

Are you in ? Thank you to spread the word in your design- and education community.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Whats-Next-Call-for-poster/321940504514978

Interview: https://www.entrythingy.com/108

First posters have arrived from around the world. Check it out on our website.



http://Occupywhatsnext.org/

There’s an App for That: World War II Posters

From the classic 'Make Do and Mend' and 'Dig for Victory' to lesser-known gems, the posters featured in Great British Posters from the Second World War showcase the striking design, humour, memorable slogans and defiant spirit that helped to carry Britain through some of its darkest hours.
With this app you can:

• Discover the stories behind the posters with supporting information from IWM's experts
• Explore over 30 posters on your iPhone or iPad
• Get up-close to the posters by scrolling, pinching and zooming
• Share your favourite posters with friends via Facebook, Twitter and email

As a special introduction, Volume 1 is completely free.



There’s an App for That: World War II Posters - UnBeige

Graphic Content | Good Chemistry

December 06, 2011
By STEVEN HELLER

Graphic designers such as Simon C. Page are working with the scientific community as it reaches out to be better understood by people both outside and within its ranks.

In something of a trend, graphic designers are working more closely with the scientific community as it reaches out to be better understood by people both outside and within its ranks. Simon C. Page, a London-based graphic designer, is the latest example of what I like to call a sci-graphiste. Page, who has a degree in applied mathematics, has designed a series of 10 posters for the International Year of Chemistry. Not only does the subject resonate with him, Page says, but it’s also “a bonus” that his work is “helping an industry which is struggling to be heard.”

Read the rest and see the images at T Magazine: Graphic Content | Good Chemistry   

Poster Printing Workshop | The Oakland Standard: Political Poster Jam

Poster Printing Workshop | The Oakland Standard
On February 25, 2011, the Oakland Standard will honor the history of political posters in the Bay Area, and the Museum’s acquisition of the All Of Us Or None (AOUON) collection with an evening of printmaking and conversation. 

Fwd: Campus Interaction at San Francisco State University - INDIA Future of Change

Dear Administration: San Francisco State University,

Please allow me to introduce you to INDIA Future of Change. An opportunity for your students to be part of a global movement to harness the power of the youth, their ideas, aspirations, creative zest and entrepreneurial spirit.

INDIA Future of Change is a three-year initiative aimed at engaging students from across the world with contemporary India, and Compete, Collaborate and Co-Create a future for India with a vision for the world.

In its first year, INDIA Future of Change is organizing four contests:
Business Plan, Design, Essay Writing and Poster Design. The contests will be conducted online, and the participants stand to win cash prizes worth USD 250,000, 4/6/8 week internships at top Indian and international companies, 15 day all-expenses-paid vacations in India and 6 week experiential programmes in rural India.

Already, INDIA Future of Change has gained momentum through prestigious alliances with CIIE (IIM-A), IDC (IIT-B) and Financial Times as knowledge partners. In addition, the Indian Ministries of External Affairs and Tourism are also lending their support. We have also partnered with the international youth organisation, AIESEC, for our Friends of INDIA Future of Change brand ambassador program.

We started our communication campaign on Monday, September 13 in Financial Times worldwide and the response has been enthusiastic.

We look forward to the bright, young minds of San Francisco State University adding fuel to the movement.

We request you to encourage them to participate in the contests and make themselves heard in a global dialogue on shaping the future of change.
Best Regards,
Mahid Aisha
INDIA Future of Change
www.indiafutureofchange.com

The Paper War on AIDS

The Paper War on AIDS

by Steven Heller

"Twenty-five years ago, the HIV/AIDS virus began killing thousands and infecting hundreds of thousands more. Although the western world was hit unaware, the disease had been coursing through the third world’s bloodstream for years before. When Europe and the Americas were directly impacted, however, curative and preventative measures were gradually instituted and awareness began—much of it through posters."

Read more: Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers | The Paper War on AIDS