Comments on: Poster design from Lippa Pearce

By: demi mcdonagh

demi mcdonagh — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:40:45 +0000

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By: Youssef Sarhan

Youssef Sarhan — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:42:42 +0000

I was at a talk given by Pearce a few months back, he explained the idea behind this poster, or rather the reason behind it. The idea is quite clear. However I can’t remember a word he said. That’s generally the way with design talks, you come away all inspired but remember very little.

By: Lee Atkinson

Lee Atkinson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:16:41 +0000

I think that what I have said is fair and truth. I also like to mention that I think that the relationship is between the typography and image reinforce each other. but the type by itself is strong enough to make any half minded person to think about the message its sending. And if you seen that photograph on its own, YOUR telling me you wouldn’t take five minutes to think about why or how INFANTS become enrolled in a war that isn’t their war, ITS THEIR FATHERS FATHERS WAR.

By: Lee Atkinson

Lee Atkinson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:09:41 +0000

I would just like to respond to ED. I mean come on if you really think that this piece fails then you don’t understand design. First off, the comment about WEBDUCKS post. The fact that INFANTry, hence the infant soldier. How you think that webducks comment would be better? I mean that one word says it all, no need for the long route,THINK why wouldyou bother it get the MESSAGE across with conviction. Lee Newham is bang on, ITS BRUTAL. Now we have your attention.

Secondly, you say it just provokes thought. What else do you want? Thats the aim of the poster, AWARENESS!

Thirdly, offering hope would be pointless and your still missing the POINT. The poster is raising awareness about how INFANTS are lost in a war that they will die in from a very early age. What could the artists possibly want you to think about? How lucky we are, how much other people in this world live for one thing how these INFANTS are being exploited.

Now i seem to think that your contradicting yourself a weee bit.

Qoute “I don’t think you have to remember headlines for them to be effective. I just have to get it in the moment.”

Quote “You’ve got to hit them now with a message that isn’t forgetable, provides a call to action and contact info.”

So out of how many millions of posters you have seen in your 25 years, YOUR GOING TO FORGET THIS ONE? DOUBT IT! The fact that we are engage in conversation proves my point. Ofcorse you have to get your audience to remember it otherwise if they dont then thats where the communication has failed. But I bet in years to come on a brief or something you’ll go AH WAIT I REMEMBER A POSTER ABOUT INFANT SOLDIERS, IT WAS SO HARD HITTING AND JUST GRABBED MY ATTENTION BECAUSE IT WAS SO BRUTAL AND TRUTH.

THIS POSTER IS ONE OF THE BEST IVE SEEN, WE AREN’T ON ABOUT YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER HERE, PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THIS POSTER FOR 10S OF YEARS.

LEE

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:27:03 +0000

I like that quote, Lee, about the ticking clock. Very apt.

Chad, no worries mate. Glad you like it, too.

By: Chad Engle

Chad Engle — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:21:41 +0000

Hey David,
That poster is really awesome. Its simple and captivating minimal and clean. I really like the look, the meaning and the message. Thanks for sharing.

By: lee newham

lee newham — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:16:52 +0000

“It isn’t good creative unless it sells.” was David Ogilvy, the guy who wrote ‘at 70 mph all you hear is the ticking of the clock’.

Memorable sells.

By: Tiago Figueiredo

Tiago Figueiredo — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:16:58 +0000

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…

By: Ed Roach

Ed Roach — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:52:22 +0000

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.”

By: lee newham

lee newham — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:40:41 +0000

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!