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Workers Below Chairman Mao As The Sun

Chinese Art Posters

Chinese propaganda poster. Wood block print. Translation: "Long live Mao Zedong thought!" c. 1960s.

Gerrymandering: A Threat To Democracy? [Poster 02, 2017], Roy Behrens

Behrens Poster Archive

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Chairman Mao As The Great Red Sun

Chinese Art Posters

Chinese propaganda poster. Wood block print. Translation: "Chairman Mao is the red sun in our hearts." c. 1960s.

Packaging Design Elements And Users Perception: A Context In Fashion Branding And Communication, Heer Vyas

Journal of Applied Packaging Research

The product packaging has a crucial role to attract consumer, force them to choose the product and act as a brand communication vehicle. The point of focus is how the elements of the package design affect consumer’s perceptions about products and brand. In this study, we collected data through a questionnaire that covered areas such as design elements of the package (size, shape, material, graphic design of package, typography, images and pictures), user’s perception (attention, purchase and repurchase) and their experience (feelings evoked and functional benefits). There is a difference with the professional status and age involvement with respect to …

Design That Lasts: Designing A Logo For A 94 Year-Old Theatre, Mark Thompson

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

This text is a personal reflection and case study by the author on applying principles from Bob Gill's book Graphic Design as a Second Language (2003) to the winning design of the Garrick Theatre Club’s Logo Design competition.

Vogue As An Example Of Effective Fashion Magazine Covers, Kiefer Hackney

Graphic Communication

Abstract

In this study, my objective was to determine what cover design elements contribute to the success of Vogue, the world’s leading women’s fashion magazine. I found that color, fonts, layout, and photography all work together to make a cover that both catches the reader’s eye and gives the reader information about the magazine’s contents. I was able to narrow this down through extensive research on the background of women’s fashion magazines and, specifically, the history and future of Vogue.

In order to find out what is different about Vogue’s printed magazine covers compared to other fashion …

Working Women: Contemporary Cinematic Costumes In "Desk Set" And "Working Girl", Karen Hummel Kinsley

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The contemporary cinematic costume designer is a visual storyteller. Through the dressing, or undressing of the actor's body, the costume designer narrates the cinematic character's physical and psychological journey from the first frame to the final credits. The costume designer creates the character's image by selecting specific garments and accessories that will inform the audience about the character's relationship with his cinematic environment.

The focus of this thesis is to examine how the contemporary cinematic costume designer unifies contemporary clothing with the actor's body to narrate a cinematic character's story. In order to understand how the costume designer creates a …

Erotic Manga, Its Artists, And The Pressures Of Censorship, Dominique Andrée Lief

University Honors Theses

Erotic manga (エロマンガ), a genre of adult-oriented Japanese comics is subjected to censorship that may seem irrelevant or confusing to people outside of the industry. Why is erotic manga censored? How is erotic manga censored? How does censorship affect erotic manga artists? These questions are examined through use of English academic sources, Japanese academic sources and news articles, and interviews with professional erotic manga artists translated into English.

Explorations In Book Binding Techniques, Kristen Faux

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project is to explore different binding methods and techniques used in book creation. The final product will be 4-5 books created using the binding methods. The contents of these books will be research about the methods used as well as a description of the creation process. The final books will be displayed in the Projects Gallery at the Myers School of art, in the Fall semester of 2019.