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CREATE South and screenprinting

My favourite person to create with is RS Harvey. He came up with the great idea of screen printing posters to promote this year’s CREATE South. He had told me about his idea and emailed me a couple of reference photos for the idea he had in mind. Normally, I would wait for him to create the design himself, but I was inspired and came up with a design that used elements from the reference photos. Lucky for me, he ended up liking the design and so we planned to make the posters a go!

CREATE South poster transparencies

First up, R printed up some transparencies. Then, he taped them together so we were all set to expose the screen.

Transparency setup

And, a few pulls of ink later, the posters were made!

CREATE South Posters

Tags: create, CREATE South, design, muffin, sc, screen print

Design is not a Canned Template

Reading the Cheese Experiment reminded me of my long lament that anyone with PowerPoint seems to think they are a designer. Although I find the story hilarious, I can guarantee you that some people would really like the “logos” presented. It seems to me that half of a designer’s job is educating the client on what good design actually is and why certain ideas are bad. If you’re lucky, you have a client willing to learn, if not you may end up with, well, I shudder to think about it. If it were practical, I would recommend presenting every client with a copy of The Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams.

Tags: cheese, design, logo, web