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19 spot-on reader comments to “Poster design from Lippa Pearce”

1. Mihaela Lica, on March 5th, 2007 said:

   Well, my first visit on your blog, after your visit on mine. I am impressed.
   About this poster…
   What can I say? I have mixed feelings. The design is indeed excellent, but I am not sure about the message. This is what I’d like to know. What is the purpose of this poster?

2. Richard, on March 5th, 2007 said:

   There’s a little bit about Lippa Pearce over on the We Made This Blog at the moment:
   http://wemadethis.typepad.com/we_made_this/2007/02/lippa_pearce_at.html

3. webduck, on March 5th, 2007 said:

   Robbing the world’s children of their childhood one gun at a time.

4. Belinha, on March 5th, 2007 said:

   Hello!Very nice blog you have!!That sentence from Mao is also quite a find!:-)Congrats!

5. Maryam in Marrakech, on March 5th, 2007 said:

   Very effective!

6. Pinksy, on March 5th, 2007 said:

   Congrats on being Thermal’s 3000th comment!

7. David Airey, on March 5th, 2007 said:
   Thanks for that link Richard, good stuff.

   Belinha, you’re very kind. Feel free to stop by with compliments anytime you like. ;)

   Pinksy, it was an honour to have Chris feature me on his Thermal blog (new window). He’s building a nice following over there.

8. David Airey, on March 6th, 2007 said:
   Sorry Mihaela, I just recovered your comment from my spam list (I use Akismet).

   You ask a good question - what is the purpose? I’d love to know what the small text reads for this poster. I’m sure there’s a call to action in there.

9. James, on March 6th, 2007 said:

   That picture made me stop and look at it for a minute. Kind of a blank stare really as I didn’t know what to think about it. Very eye catching though. Like another poster said, what does that small text in the corner say?

10. David Airey, on March 7th, 2007 said:
    Hi James, thanks for stopping by. It was me who wanted to know what text was in the lower right corner. I made the post.
11. Ed Roach, on March 14th, 2007 said:

    Maybe it’s me, but I think it is clever for clever’s sake. It didn’t connect on an emotional level with me. Just clever.

    I think Webduck’s comment, “Robbing the world’s children of their childhood one gun at a time.” would make a more complelling headline.

    Ed

12. David Airey, on March 15th, 2007 said:
    Ed, I think the main text has to be large to draw people in towards the text in the lower right, which is why a single word works for me. It can be large enough to read from distance.

    It’s a good phrase from webduck, and it’d be interesting to see a what other ideas Lippa Pearce had for this. Still, I do really enjoy the design.

13. Ed Roach, on March 15th, 2007 said:

    If the headline is big enough to read from a distance then what chance does the real message have in the mice type? At least have the organization identity big enough so that if all you see is that , the photo and the line then at there is some connection. The design makes it very difficult to get the message and so it fails as a communication piece from my perspective. It just provokes thought but offers no hope.

14. David Airey, on March 15th, 2007 said:
    I see your point Ed.

    You know, sometimes I get caught up too much in appearance, putting effectiveness second.

    It’s something I’m working on.

15. Lee Newham, on March 22nd, 2007 said:

    It’s a good poster and a nice observation. It is emotive as it feels quite brutal. Why should the poster offer hope? “Robbing the world’s children of their childhood one gun at a time.” is incredibly cheesy and is far too long for a headline.

    It’s a kid with a massive gun. An infact. It says it all. I haven’t seen much from Dominick and co for a while, I ope they get on OK at Pentagram, its a tough place to be and very expensive for companies once they join. best of luck to them.

    They did a great packs for wart remover for bots years ago that’s in a smile in the mind..have a look in that book for some great ideas and some more work by LP.

16. Ed Roach, on March 23rd, 2007 said:

    Why should the poster offer hope? BECAUSE if there is no hope what’s the point. If the poster doesn’t offer a solution then it’s just editorial comment, and I don’t think that is the intent - let’s ask the author if they are listening.

    Also, I had no idea there were regulations for how long a headline could be. I’ve been a designer for 25 years and I’ve never heard that one.

    Ed

17. lee newham, on March 23rd, 2007 said:

    Of course there isnt a limit on the lengths if headline copy. But how many long headlines do you remember?*

    I think Bill Bernback got it right with ‘lemon’ for VW.

    *Actually I do remember one “at 70 mph all you hear is the ticking of the clock” for Rolly Royce, by Davild Ogilvy. And that wasn’t cheesey!

18. Ed Roach, on March 23rd, 2007 said:

    I don’t think you have to remember headlines for them to be effective. I just have to get it in the moment. let’s face it we all have our favorites, but since we are in the business we are bias towards creative. We WILL remember an Ogilvy or George Lois. I think the public would be hard pressed to remember a headline from last week. You’ve got to hit them now with a message that isn’t forgetable, provides a call to action and contact info. We’re in the communications business. My favorite quote (author unknown) is: “It isn’t good creative unless it sells.”

19. Tiago Figueiredo, on September 4th, 2007 said:

    Sometimes, an ONG’s job (you can replace “an ONG’s job” with “a poster’s job”) is not to offer hope or solution to problems, but to raise awareness of specific problems so that - hopefully - you and I put pressure on our governments. Ultimately, we are the ones who have the solution to problems like this, where an ONG can only push the issue into our foreminds… If you and I don’t think about the issue (the poster’s job) and shout about it (our responsibility) we can be certain that our governments won’t do a thing about it either… Wars are very profitable business…

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