Looking at current issues for my practical is a good direction to go in, I looked up poster art to do with environmental issues and found these posters about sustainability.
I've found environmental posters to be quite dull a lot of the time and contain too much information, but these are bold and to the point. Sustainability could be an interesting topic to deal with, it isn't political but it is a new way of living, a different lifestyle that is conceived as better for the people as well as the planet. I thought I could create a series of Russian propaganda style posters that push for sustainable living - as with the revolution the communists felt their new political regime, which would involve a different lifestyle to one they were used to, would be better for the people.
I could use similar imagery to that used in the Russian revolution posters (fists, industrial structures, crowds of people) but push ideas of sustainable living, and use language which appeals to the viewers sense of guilt.
I found these Russian posters to use as a reference to start coming up with ideas:
These were rough visual ideas for promoting gardening and illustrating how CO2 emissions from factories are reducing plant life. I like the boldness of the imagery and it is a good starting point, but I haven't done much poster design so it might be a bit ambitious setting myself a task of creating a set of big propaganda posters promoting sustainability, but I have a peer crit tomorrow so will get some feedback on my ideas then.
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