Combining image and text for social justice Talk about what James Vitore says: Graphic Design can be used for many things, branding, information graphics, advertising, but it’s at it’s best when it’s used like a club with spikes, fighting for social justice Look at samples of Chaz Maviyane Davies, Zimbabwe national. Professor of Design at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. For more than two decades his work has taken on issues of consumerism, health, nutrition, social responsibility, the environment and human rights. On being a designer: Images transport ideas, but design drives them. The act of design is an act of independence.
A IS FOR AFRICA Poster for an exhibition on the Alphabet as Art, highlighting apathy and AIDS. Poster by Chaz Maviyane Davies FIGURE / GROUND- ambiguous
NO MORE HUNGER Poster for an exhibition on stopping world hunger. Poster by Chaz Maviyane Davies CLOSURE
HIV POSITIVE Anti stigma poster to support people suffering from AIDS. Poster by Chaz Maviyane Davies FIGURE GROUND - reversible
ORPHAN Greeting card asking to support AIDS orphans in Kenya. Poster by Chaz Maviyane Davies REVERSIBLE FIGRE / GROUND CONTINUATION
LOSS Image commissioned to raise funds to aid victims of the devastating earthquake and Tsunami disaster in Japan. Poster by Chaz Maviyane Davies STABLE FIGURE GROUND CONTINUATION
CONSUME From a series of 2 posters that address climate change. By Chaz Maviyane-Davies SCALE CONTUATION
CREATIVE DEFIANCE Poster for a lecture. By Chaz Maviyane-Davies TOOLS: TEXTURE
GLOBALISATION Poster on the effects of homogenization through rampant opportunism. By Chaz Maviyane-Davies GESTALT – CLOSURE / continuation
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS Poster for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. By Chaz Maviyane-Davies CONTINUATION
Give them a List of techniques and tutorials to try, this is where craftsmanship comes in
