VCU Design Center - Public Exhibits
We had the opportunity to work with local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other VCU departments. We designed a wide variety of printed matter which included posters, postcards, brochures, vinyl banners (preferably if it had a second life), etc. We also generated ideas and investigated materials for environmental graphics and signage.
Below are samples of our public exhibits and happenings around Richmond promoting various causes and shows.
Start a Revolution of Kind Design
During a First Friday Art Walk in Richmond, Design Center stenciled Quirk gallery’s front window display. The phrase Start a Revolution of Kind Design was our premise for the project. The entire class came up with a list of ideal improvements they would want city officials to consider in beautifying Richmond. We also printed the list on a postcard along with the Mayor’s address on the back and handed them out to gallery visitors during the show for them to check off as many of the requests they wanted to see happen throughout the city. Once checked off, they are encouraged to mail it directly to the Mayor.
National Park(ing) Day 2007 - Richmond, VA
For this nationwide event, held on September 21, 2007, Design Center set up a small “park” in an off-street parking spot. National Park(ing) Day promotes the idea of more green spaces within a city environment. This photo shows passers-by taking time out of their day and enjoying some fruit at our “park” in the middle of Richmond.
Shrinkage
Shrinkage was an international poster competition held by The Shahneshin Foundation calling into light the idea of “shrinkage” during these current global issues. Designers interpreted their idea of the word “shrinkage” which included thoughts on global warming, genocide, and consumption. Twenty-three winning designers and their posters were selected for this 2007 event. Each winning designer had an opportunity to exhibit all winning posters if they chose to.
Our professor, John Malinoski, was one of the 23 winning designers. He gave us the challenge to come up with an idea for displaying the posters in Quirk gallery for an exhibition while maintaining the theme of the show. Our main goal for exhibiting the show was to use as many found objects as we could while producing as little waste as possible. We collected fallen tree branches, used yard sticks, and other found objects to display all the posters.
This is a video one of my fellow Design Center partners made after the opening night. Keep an eye out for our orange squirrel shirts!
VCU Fashion Show
We designed a fifty-four foot cloth banner promoting the VCU Fashion Department’s show, Digital Threads. The photo shows me and my classmate hanging it up on the main wall in front of the VCU Pollack building which faces a busy street on campus. The second life of banner was used for a fashion class specializing in reusing materials for clothing apparel.
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