Heinen+-+Social+Justice

For the first poster, I felt that it displayed strong use of style to convey a message. The stylistic component makes it unique, but still expresses the message that no matter what your color or appearance we are all the same, and we are all one. The typography goes with the style, but it is not the main focus. The bright and varying colors contrast each other, which once again lends itself to the message. This second poster uses typography to create the illustration, which I thought was interesting and unique. By changing the size and angle of the type they created the illusion of a staircase. As well, the color choices are bold and simple. The last poster uses photography and photo editing in an interesting and well-designed manner. The choice to put a shadow of the earth over the skyscraper expresses a message that we need to take care of not only the material earth, but the natural world. The typeface chosen makes it look serious, and like it has a purpose.

I'm considering the social justice cause of access to education. Education is a basic human right as it opens up so many opportunities, and every person should have access to fair and equal education to give themselves the most choice in their future. While in the United States everyone has access to education, there is a major inequality in terms of quality. For example, in our own area there are nice schools in Pewaukee where every student is given the chance to succeed, yet 30 minutes down the road there are schools in Milwaukee that struggle to even meet an acceptable graduation rate. Students who are given a strong education can choose to move forward to college and get a degree, but without even a high school degree their opportunities are extremely limited. Therefore, in my poster I will take the point of view that every child, no matter where in the world, should have access to quality education to give everyone equal opportunity, no matter their family situation.

My idea for a poster is having the central illustration being a lightbulb, which is supposed to represent knowledge, and then have different people of different statuses reaching for the lightbulb. I want a sans serif typeface and a bold font, but nothing too complicated as I want the focus to be the illustrations.

Websites Used for Research/Inspiration: https://www.nysut.org/news/nysut-united/issues/2015/march-2015/public-education-the-social-justice-issue-of-our-time https://www.pinterest.com/bellafiore3/design-and-illustration/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/apr/03/amnesty-international-posters-in-pictures?picture=373248592#/?picture=373248592&index=3 https://www.redbubble.com/shop/social+justice+posters