as a student collaborator one of the first assignments was to work with stand up kc advocating for fair wages and termination of wage theft. little did i know that all this corruption was occurring in my backyard.
final ink drawing before vector work
in the fall of 2013, my undergrad professor at missouri state university invited me to participate in an international poster exhibition he was organizing. titled "sarejevo 100", it is a collection of historical events from the past century of this storied city.
cedomir kostovic, my host and professor, in his office.
participating in senior class critique.
one section of cedo's senior design studio, where i served as a guest critic for their social change project pitches.
another section of cedo's senior design studio, where i served as a guest critic for their social change project pitches.
dinner with (front row, left to right) me of course, professors roman duszek, cedomir kostivic, maria michalczyk, and fellow alum matthew evans.
about eight months ago, my former professor, cedomir kostovic, emailed me with an invitation to come and lecture at my alma mater, missouri state university.
i’m working on a stencil font based on the type i developed for the “spread love” poster. any thoughts? suggestions?
when, as an everyday citizen, you have something public you'd like to say, don't you think you ought to be able to say it without fear?
wow. some pretty amazing posters about israel's attacks on gaza over on free pixels.
it's really sad that the energy of designers needs to be used to protest the free-wheeling violence of the powerful, but it must be met with some response.
[ detail of a poster by carlos latuff ]
a tidbit over at social design notes about the greek protests sparked by the police murder of 15 year old alex grigoropoulos. there was quite a large visual response that accompanied a huge amount of protesting in the streets.
poster by golfis
check out a collection of some posters here, and some interesting commentary about them here.
a good interview with alex's friend, who was with him when he was shot, is located here. tragically, it sounds no different from any other act of police brutality.