The first question of my project 'How to...'.
Can you give me an answer to my question? Feel free to leave a comment; without them this project will fail.
Can you give me an answer to my question? Feel free to leave a comment; without them this project will fail.
If its an academic research poster:
ReplyDelete- Write an abstract. It should describe the research focus, motivation, results, conclusions and relevance in as few words as possible.
- Decide what are the "juicy" parts of your research. What findings or methods are going to make other people jealous they didn't think of it first?
- Gather your best graphs, screenshots and pictures.
- Hand it over to a graphic designer and make his/her life miserable by insisting that all the text has to be included.
Write a decent algorythm.
ReplyDeleteDo whatever you like. Just come up with a concept wich excuses any shit you might have made.
ReplyDeleteFrom zero, formulate an idea of the (textual) content, trust your idea and use any graphic tools like typography, color and photography to an eye-catching result.
ReplyDeletestart with content
ReplyDeleteturn it in a concept
and then
tell a complete story in one sense and one image.
or make not one poster but ten
The most posters I did are posters for punk parties. I never used Indesign it was just photoshop even in the times I studied graphic design I was still using it. Mostly I was looking for related images or I created themyself. Aferthat you just past all the text on it in a way that the most important information isbthe most visible and the less important the less visible.
ReplyDeleteBut the it's all DIY so there is no way "How to" in punkrock. Alto it's a fashion and it has his icons which makes it a line how to makebit punk. So there again you got rules....
Work Hard,
ReplyDeletePlay Hard.
Come up with a good idea/design. Think simple. Have fun doing it. Don't stick to a computer. Use a photocopie-machine, typewriter, pair of scissors, scanner. Whatever. It will reflect in the final design!
How to...
ReplyDelete"For making a poster it is vital that you have a clear concise message. For me it often helps to formulate the essence of what you want to present in a single sentence.
Then start with research to indentify the problem you adress, what is known about it, the objectives of your work and what your approach is to investigate the problem.
Try to stay critical during using information finding tools and sources.
Select the most pertinent results that support your message. Remove everything that is not absolutely neccesary.
Start sketching with whatever analog or digital tool coming into your mind.
Enjoy!"
...and surprise yourself!
ReplyDeleteIn creative therapy I would give the following instructions:
ReplyDeleteTake a couple of magazines and choose pictures or text that represent you. For example, you can look at colours, themes and choose what appeals to you (both in positive of negative way). Make a collage out of this pictures and you will have a poster about yourself!
This is an assigment which I would use in the beginning of therapy to learn more about the client. From the poster you can see what life-themes the client has, what kind of design style he/she has (more pictures or more text) and many many more to work with in the following sessions!
First write down where it's for. Walk around and find inspiration in daily things make a lot of photo's of everything you like.
ReplyDeleteThan just start making things!!
dream
ReplyDeleteexpect
draw
build
structure
look
detail
feel
print
show
The most important thing in designing posters is to remain the director (regisseur) of the subject. Don't let the subject run away with you.
ReplyDeletedon't do anything, or at least, strip it from the purpose you think it might have.
ReplyDeletebut leave the URL on it.
mystery sells. wether its a radical poster or not.
(or a radical card, knock yourself out)
"The first thing I do when I get an assignment, is to form a contra assignment"
ReplyDeleteNot my words, but it sometimes works out for me quite well.