At left: Poster by Christopher Kosek At Right: Poster by Cindy ChenOver the summer term at Art Center I had the privelage of working in a special class dedicated to making poster celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 25 posters that my class made traveled to Paris, France and were displayed at the NGO conference there and locally at the Pasadena Central Library.
PRINT Magazine did a write up of our project and i'm prominently featured in the article as well as having one of my posters shown in an article that is currently on the front page of the site.
From the article in PRINT written by Paul Morris: Posters That Redeclare Human Rights
Christopher Kosek, whose mother grew up in Communist Poland in fear of the Secret Police, created several of the exhibition’s posters. Kosek said graphic design needs to be a vehicle of public service to increase awareness for issues such as the military use of children. One of his posters, entitled "A Child Is Not a Soldier," depicts a child soldier as drawn by a child's hand. Kosek said that children draw whatever surrounds them, perhaps unaware of their own traumas. Two of Kosek's posters, "Somebody" and "Everybody," feature medical illustrations and neutral typefaces. The message is that “we’re all made up of the same stuff,” going back to that self-evident Article 1 of the Declaration. Kosek’s use of warm colors (yellow, pink, red) nevertheless stirs up a message of hope and progress.
Its a pretty big thrill to see my work written about in a prominant graphic design magazine and i'm even more excited to see our project and the cause of human rights getting some exposure.
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