design ignites change: V1 posted 09 August 2008
This poster is for the design unit within the Academy for Educational Development, a DC-based international non-profit. It says “Design
Ignites Change” and is part of a series of posters that they do to
promote the importance of design in development work.
This version of the poster, of which there are only 150 copies (they have 100, I have 50), has no printing, but is laser cut from white paper. (They are planning a printed version as well, which I will post when it is done.)
Aside from the fact that it is just plain bitchin’, there is a logical reason for this. One: usually you laser cut from the back, because on white paper the laser will leave a slight burn mark. Well, ignites! So I had them cut it from the front: I wanted the burn.
But also, the poster, of course changes, depending on how you view it, and what you view through it, as these images will attest. These are all the same poster, shot in different locations.
This next one is not a different paper: it’s still white, just backlit.
It also casts a beautiful light shadow.
The poster was available for sale, and the proceeds went to benefit AED’s Speak for the Child project, which provides assistance to children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
Alas, or HURRAH! it is SOLD OUT.
(Note: my copies of the poster are not for sale. I haven’t determined their future yet, but I’m not selling them.)
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