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2014 Poster Contest

Poster Design Theme

• The dangers of smoking• Its physical and social consequences• Addiction and the importance of not

starting to smoke

Rules

• Artwork must be completed at school

• Original artwork – Do not borrow ideas = Plagiarism

• Do NOT sign artwork on front

• Color/collage ok• 12” x 18”

• No more than 8 words, written large and clear enough to be read at a distance

• May use typography or stencils for letters

• Color & strong thick lines encouraged

Judged by:

• 60% artwork• 30% message

• 10 % presentation• Monday March 17, 4-5:30 Present

your poster at GRAM• Monday April 21, 4-5:30 Awards

Ceremony – Mayor Heartwell – GRAM• Grand Rapids Art Museum

Awards:

• 1st Place: Ipad• 2nd Place: Ipad

• 3rd – 6th Place: Digital Camera• 7th & 8th Place: Youth Art Class to

Kendall College of Art & Design

Poster Design

• What is your message?• What image can you use to “say” it?• How can you use color?• What word or words will “say” your

message?• Does your poster design get the

message across?

Poster Design Tips:

• 1. Attention getter

• 2. Keep it simple

• 3. Use 1-2 fonts

• 4. Plan: Read information from top to bottom

• 5. Color: Dark letters, pale background

Design ThinkingWhat is it?

• “Visual thinking is transforming verbal information into visual-graphic representation”

• “Words divide, pictures unite”

• “Visual thinking helps to simplify”

• “Visuals-drawings are international, everybody understands them while words change based on the different languages…”

The Way We Learn

• Visual/Spatial

• Kinesthetic/Bodily

• Verbal/Linguistic

• Mathematical/Logical

• Musical/Rhythmic

• Intrapersonal

• Interpersonal

• Naturalist

• Existentialist (x –ta-cent-cial-ist) – “big picture of existence” “Why are we here?” & “What is our role in the world?” (Philosophy)

Multiple Intelligences

• All people possess all 9 intelligences in varying amounts

Can be nurtured and strengthened, or ignored and weakened

Intelligence is:

• The ability to create effective a product or offer a service that is valued in a culture

• A set of skills that make it possible for a person to solve problems in life.

• The potential for finding or creating solutions for problems, which involves gathering new knowledge.