- West Indian Carnival
- Light Night
- River Aire
- Women Suffrage
- Leeds Arcades
These were chosen based on my personal interest in the event and its potential to develop further.
Discussing these events during a session and it was clear that the West Indian Carnival and Light Night took most interest. This was due to its potential to creating a vibrant, exciting and engaging poster design.
River Aire's contribution to Leeds is important, however it would be a representation more the river itself rather than the significance of a public space. Furthermore what the poster would celebrate was unclear.
The Women's Suffrage in Leeds is a milestone not only in the UK but on the international scale as well. The problem with this is that the association of the Suffrage to Leeds is mainly due to Leonora Cohen rather than Woodhouse Moor. Furthermore there is no real significance of Woodhouse Moor in Cohen's campaign. It was only cited in one source.
The Leeds Arcade was another area of interest however as there is a lack of significance to Leeds's development. The arcades are more of a representation of Leeds's appeal for shopping rather than a historic milestone.
Developing Light Night as an idea will open up the design to more conceptual ideas, a futuristic look and playing on the theme of Light. One of the suggestions was to maybe have the audience shine a UV torch against the poster to view the design. Or to have a lightbox shine from underneath the poster on tracing paper to become a Light Poster.
Pursuing the West Indian Carnival idea would result in a very colourful outcome coinciding with 50th anniversary. This idea lack the innovative possibilities that Light Night has. Furthermore this idea has more possibilities to use more unique analog techniques. A poster for the Carnival may have the inevitably to become purely a screen print. Not that it is a negative, but in order to help it stand out from the rest of the exhibition, the opportunity to use more creative techniques may help it do so.
On the other hand however pursuing the Light Night idea may result in an overly conceptual poster design and not celebrating printing techniques. This will be an area to consider during feedback.
The Women's Suffrage in Leeds is a milestone not only in the UK but on the international scale as well. The problem with this is that the association of the Suffrage to Leeds is mainly due to Leonora Cohen rather than Woodhouse Moor. Furthermore there is no real significance of Woodhouse Moor in Cohen's campaign. It was only cited in one source.
The Leeds Arcade was another area of interest however as there is a lack of significance to Leeds's development. The arcades are more of a representation of Leeds's appeal for shopping rather than a historic milestone.
Developing Light Night as an idea will open up the design to more conceptual ideas, a futuristic look and playing on the theme of Light. One of the suggestions was to maybe have the audience shine a UV torch against the poster to view the design. Or to have a lightbox shine from underneath the poster on tracing paper to become a Light Poster.
Pursuing the West Indian Carnival idea would result in a very colourful outcome coinciding with 50th anniversary. This idea lack the innovative possibilities that Light Night has. Furthermore this idea has more possibilities to use more unique analog techniques. A poster for the Carnival may have the inevitably to become purely a screen print. Not that it is a negative, but in order to help it stand out from the rest of the exhibition, the opportunity to use more creative techniques may help it do so.
On the other hand however pursuing the Light Night idea may result in an overly conceptual poster design and not celebrating printing techniques. This will be an area to consider during feedback.
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