accident&emergency

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Don't Panic: Machine

So our latest brief was to come up with a poster suitable for entry into the Don't Panic poster competition working to the title of 'Machine'. My first attempt was focused on reasons why you would panic if something went wrong with a machine. A frayed wire worked well as all machines rely on power. But the image wasn't that great.

Next I thought about what would happen if cogs couldn't quite meet. In the crit people seemed to like the colours and design of the piece but the message wasn't clear enough.

Then for my third and final attempt I decided to rework the concept of the 2nd piece into a more cohesive image. A broken typewriter where the letter 'n' doesn't work.

I'm happy with the piece now but still no votes as of yet, surprise surprise. I hate this competition and all that it stands for. You only get chosen if you're a great illustrator. Even the best typographic design ever created wouldn't get picked.

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Labels: don't panic, posters

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