PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This was a personal response to George Floyd's murder and made as a statement of protest. I wanted to register my opposition to the abhorrent brutality that was laid bare to the world. Any person with a soul was horrified by those in appalling images and making art was a way to vent and to process other profound injustices that are all too common. There are many recurring examples of artists and designers trying to come to terms with events through their art and then putting it in public spaces—and I likewise felt the same. By comparison, the demonstrations in my city over the death of George Floyd were smaller in scale, nonetheless, hundreds joined much of the country in protest. Some gathered in front of the police department, while others drove honking horns and holding signs out their windows—I taped posters walking through my community. My distinct purpose was to affect others in a creative or thought-provoking way. It had a way of helping me feel like I was part of an experience with individuals who were similarly joined in purpose.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Entry Type: Single Entry

Channel: Print

Primary Role of the Designer: Designer as activist

Client Relationship: Unknown (NA) / Other (if other, please explain) Self/Protest

Intention of the Project: Unknown (NA) / Other (if other, please explain) Protest

Development Budget: Decline to state

Production/Execution Budget: Decline to state

Source of Funding: Funded internally

Typefaces: Custom/Cut Paper

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CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: E. Linda Sullivan

Art Director: E. Linda Sullivan

Designers: E. Linda Sullivan

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Illustrator: E. Linda Sullivan

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