Poster Monday: Creativity Has No Bounds

Poster Monday: Creativity Has No Bounds

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Poster Monday: Creativity Has No Bounds

For the first Poster Monday spot of October we have a poster coming from Oslo, Norway entitled “Creativity Has No Bounds” designed by Umer Ahmed. Umer was born in Pakistan and moved to Oslo, Norway in 2004 and he has been living there since. He recently graduated  from Westerdals Oslo ACT with a BA degree in Graphic Design. Umer has a huge passion for Editorial, Branding, Typography and Poster Design.

This Poster about Bipolar Disorder is for one of SOD’s (Social Oriented Design) projects regarding Mental Health. SOD was contacted by the psychiatric department from Ullevål Universitetssykehus in Oslo, and they wanted aid to help them make the topic of mental health less hard to discuss and talk about socially, and at the same time spread the unknown facts about the different mental disorders provided by the psychiatric department. SOD is a group that investigates the possibility of solving socially related problems through graphic design. “ I believe that as a graphic designer I have a responsibility to better communicate the issues that surround us in our everyday lives, we graphic designers can do more than just make pretty things” says Umer.

If you wish to know more about SOD (Social Oriented Design) you can do so right here, and if you would like to see more proyects from Umer visit his personal website.
Remember that if you would like to see your work featured on Poster Monday visit our submissions page and send us your work.

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Artists use poster in Pakistan drone protest

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Artists use poster in Pakistan drone protest

A smart idea shows the power that posters can have as a way to create awareness even in the most difficult situations. A poster of a young child has appeared in north-west Pakistan to raise awareness of the numerous drone attacks the region suffered. The artists who created the image hope military commanders will think twice about shooting after seeing the portrait.

More than 200 children are believed to have died in the heavily-bombed Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa according to the website notabugsplat.com. ‘Bug splat’ is the name given by the military to a person who has been killed by a drone. Viewing the body through a grainy computer image gives the impression that an insect has been crushed. Now a giant portrait of a young child has been produced to try and raise awareness of civilian casualties in the region. The hope is now the drone operator will see a child’s face on his or her computer screen, rather than just a small white dot and may think twice before attacking indiscriminately.

The child featured in the poster is nameless, but according to the Foundation for Fundamental Rights, who helped to launch the project in collaboration with a number of artists, both parents were lost to a drone attack.

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