Haiti Poster Project
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- Thesocialgospel
http://thehaitiposterproject.com…
Anyone else participating?
here is mine:
http://danielzender.com/index.ph…
- i_monk0
I'm in.
Now.
- dbloc0
interesting.
- OSFA0
All submissions will become property of THE HAITI POSTER PROJECT... I wonder if you get credit ;)
- Douglas0
These design projects for World Relief always seem weird to me. Why not just donate the money directly to Doctors Without Borders of the equivalent time and resources you are going to allocate to your submission? And the idea of a poster "raising awareness" after the fact that the disaster happened a month ago feels like too little, too late. We should all start designing posters to be posted around likely disaster areas of what to do when shit starts going down... emergency graphics with giant icons and bold type. I think that would make more of a difference. Imagine that Shepard Fairy Obama poster being created a month after Obama was elected.
*steps off soapbox
- Douglas0
And then there is this: http://postercauseproject.bigcar…
Really, a 6inch x 11inch print is called a "poster"?
Seriously, just donate $15 directly. This seems frivolous to me, and not a great use of graphic design. Also odd that only some are original art related to the cause.- +1sequoia
- wtf is up with some of those posters?OSFA
- -1, see below.Thesocialgospel
- OSFA0
I personally don't think it is that bad. After all, they are taking the time to organize this, keep track, promote it, etc... And that's not that easy, just check our QBNTPEs ;) besides, there are people out there that like posters, and would gladly spend $20 to buy a nicely done poster while helping in some way, so why not?
- d_rek0
I was biting my tongue about this, thinking i was being too much of a pessimist.... but apparently i'm not the only one who thinks it a 'frivolous' exercise.
I also don't see how a poster, in all of it's glory, truly benefits anyone. I mean, they're really banking on a couple crapshoots here: a) that all the poster submissions will be good enough to sell and b) that people will buy the posters at all
However... I still could just be a pessimist.
- guess i'm just a pessimistd_rek
- I think the idea behind the poster and it's usefulness is a relic from graphic design's past. They're not as effective as they used to be. Posters played the role that the internet/facebook/et... now play in our society.Josev
- used to be. Posters played the role that the internet/facebook/et... now play in our society.Josev
- I love the art of the poster, but that's just about what they are now, art.Josev
- Tofublock0
I think any effort to give people money is good in my book. Sure this might not be a very productive way of doing it, but trying to help is better than not trying at all right?
- Thesocialgospel0
How is this not productive? if you submit 50 posters, and the site sells them for 20 a piece, that is 1000 dollars per design.
The Katrina project raised, like, $50,000 worth in 2005. So really, it isnt frivolous at all, and really these posters arent being created to "Raise Awareness", they are using the resources designers have at hand and using them because people will buy the posters that are for sale.
Also, mad props to Black Swan in Houston TX, they are screenprinting my posters for free. Badass.
- andreasm0
What I object to personally is that these products/commodities become a means of communicating goodwill on behalf of the artist. It's an added credential to a CV or a portfolio in the future. Looking at some of these submissions while still keeping the images from the developments down in Haiti - of rape, crime out of starvation, violence etc. I can't help but to feel a bit sick in my gut.
The effect of this action (in terms of bringing in cash for the Haitians) - has a number attached to it = X euro/dollars/pounds. However, as an asset to a persons design curriculum it's an intangible asset, a bonus, an added extra. I don't think anyone deserves this bonus as a result of an action such as donating an artwork for a good cause. It's not noble, because you gain something from it as well - it's not giving, because you receive something back as well. Not X amount of money, but X amount of goodwill.
This is why personally I object to this.
For those of you who give the artwork away, never mention it in their CV or feature it in their design portfolio I apologise - none of this applies to you.
- OSFA0
I see what you mean andreasm, but every single company that has donated money, goods, etc, and probably 90% of the people that have donated also, declare these donations when they do their taxes and count them as deductibles. So, they do receive something back.
Are you against musicians who collaborate to raise money through music as well? Most people seem ok with that, I don't understand the difference...
- charitable giving in the states is very different from the rest of the world.kingsteven
- in the UK the charity that you donate to receives the tax you save...kingsteven
- you said it tho... not in the US...OSFA
- Douglas0
I see your point Gospel, and I am definitely not trying to discourage anyone from donating their time and skills to Haiti Relief or any other good cause. I just think that their could be a way to put graphic design to use more directly *before* the disaster happens, otherwise this might as well be The Haiti Pie Baking Project. If the point of this is to just sell as many posters as possible and not raise awareness, then I guess the most effective posters might not be related to Haiti at all. I see that is the case in The Poster Cause Project site where the Eboy print is the only one sold out while it is just a crop of some older artwork. In the end though, yes, we should all donate whatever we can whether it be with time or money.
- Let's start a Predicting Disasters Before They Happen Poster Projecti_monk
- OSFA0
it all comes down to this... What Would Fairey Do?
- andreasm0
OSFA > Good question. To be honest I don't know. Sometimes Bono host a charity gala to give millions away when he's rich enough just to give the money anonymously - he doesn't, he always shouts about what he gives away. Why is that?
Bill Gates is considered the devil by many but probably gives more funds than anyone else on the planet (?). He gives more than Radiohead and Bono together, still he will always be hated by many. Why is that?
There are many shades of grey. I was speaking specifically about this case, where individuals CAN benefit indirectly from other peoples suffering.
Not sure how to be more specific, sorry.
- OSFA0
In the end, everyone benefits from what they donate.
No difference between recording a song or creating a poster. You are doing it on your own time, with the talent you have and are able to contribute and you are doing it for a good cause.
- cbass990
I participated in the So-Cal Fire poster project back in 2007, pretty much the same thing and it was pretty rewarding. They showcased the posters on T.V. and in some museums. Just got word of a printer that's going to print my Haiti posters for free.
- instil_design0
- Love the colours you chose and the design on the bottom is BANANAS!ideaist
- OSFA0
I'm thinking of doing some, but how could i get a printer to step up and help? the greedy motherfackers always want money....
- MrNibs0
Spent last weekend in my garage helping a friend press a giant lino-cut into paper for this Haiti Poster Project. You can do it for cheap, it just sucks up a weekend.
FYI. rolling over poster with a car to press ink into paper doesn't work as well as it would seem.