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Here Are Many Examples of Propa- Ganda Being Used by Rulers in Support of War and Religious Persuasion 4 5 6 7 John Brazendale I was a student studying art at Leeds City College 5 years ago. After leaving college I struggled to find employment, jobs in my area were receiving on average 100-200 applicants and I simply was unable to John Brazendale compete. As I was under the watch of the jobcentre and had to prove I was searching for jobs all hours of the day I had to give up on my art to focus on filling their checklist. I slowly found my feet through politics as a result of organising against the problems surrounding this system, it was through this that I saw how people have created careers for themselves in the graphic design industry and I decided this is something I want to do. I took the initiative to contact my old art tutor to ask about routes into graphic design and applied to study graphic design the following year. I hope to be able to apply my creative skills Joe Hill and the Wobblies - an illustrated storybook to whatever I find myself doing in the future, for the benefit of myself and others. about the life of trade union organiser Joe Hill. 8 9 Word-soup poster: created using the words ‘ear’, ‘end’ and ‘cancel’. EM IN manchester evening news arena ‘Cyberaid’ by manchester evening news arena EM manchester evening news arena Lanislaw Lem: The end 08/02/2001 was near, ‘Nightzeb’ (top) and he cancelled a 3D set for How out his ear Concert poster: the World was Eminem 2001 poster Saved (left). using typography. 10 11 Adbusters - Absolute Impotence POLITICAL PROPAGANDA Magazine Propaganda is a way of getting a message across which seeks to persuade through emotional responses as opposed to fact-based opinions [1]. Attempts of propagation can be found throughout human history and is almost spread: as old as human civilisation. In the ancient world there are many examples of propa- ganda being used by rulers in support of war and religious persuasion. They used methods such as: sculpting, stained glass windows and Political painting to help convey propaganda through the ages [2]. It wasn’t until Pope Gregory VX set up the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in 1622 to build support for the Catholic church Propaganda. after many countries turned towards Protes- Will Kaufman in collaboration with Bradford Transformed presents: tantism [3]. The rotary press was invented in the 18th Century which made it possible for propaganda to be produced at an industri- Hard Times and Hard Travelin’ al scale [4]. Small campaigns had used this Protest movements often use art to get their industry where they created billboard and method before, but the first modern examples message across - Adbusters Media Foundation television ads in support of environmental of text and imagery being used to persuade is a good example of this. Kalle Lasn set up protesters. After a news station refused to air The life and times of mass audiences were during World War 1[5]. the not-for-profit magazine titled Adbusters their advert people wrote in to the station in Things took a much darker turn in Germany in in 1989 as part of his ‘culture jamming’ cam- support of the protesters who were protesting the 1920s with the rise of fascism, drawings paign against corporatism. The organisation outside the logging industry headquarters - of Jewish people and other groups the Nazi has a strong focus on the ecological impact the result was that the ads in favour of log- Party deemed to have less value than them- Nazi magazine cover of consumerism - one of their first campaigns ging were pulled from the station [7]. Woody Guthrie selves [6]. was against the British-Colombia’s forestry A show about the life and times of Woody Guthrie, one of the most significant figures in American folk music. Through a rich mixture of song, spoken word and visual illustration, leading authority and performer Will Kaufman highlights the blend of music and radical politics that mark Guthrie’s most powerful work. Feburary 7th 7:00pm Capital of Cycling Hall Ings, Bradford Tickets available at the door or online at: Magazine specialise www.wegottickets.com/event/493660 in the Wall Standard: £5.00 Consessional: £2.50 Painting erbert Bayer was H Department where Bradford Transformed: I designed born in Haag, Austria. spread: environmental Kandinsky was a in photography. Herbert considered written by john brazedale designer. Haag director during that Herbert left the himself to be primarily is a rural town - it time.In 1925 he passed Bauhaus with his a painter as it was was here that he the Journeyman’s wife in 1928. He worked at the Bauhaus to the a logo (top), banner (left) and Herbert the one medium that developed a love for examination with for Dorland Advertising, Aspen institute. He could be used all across nature. He would draw Kandinsky while he was the Painters’ Guild Vogue Paris and did designed some iconic his work, although he surrealist forms of an assistant architect to in Weimer. After the freelance work for Die buildings and sculptures is better known as a his rural surroundings Josef Emanuel Margold. Bauhaus moved from Neue Linie. In 1938 in the town such as the a poster (right) for Bradford Bayer. graphic designer. He Contact: Bradford [email protected] Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @BFDtransformed which he later used The book included it’s home from Weimer he moved to the US Wheeler Opera House also worked as an art in photomontages 20 the manifesto of the to Dessau, Walter he worked as an art and the Marble Garden director, photographer, years later. He attended Bauhaus. The following Gropius (founder of the director and became - helping to transform typographer sculptor, Transformed who host the Bauhaus school of year he enrolled at the Bauhaus) appointed an art consultant for the small town into a architect and arts in Germany where school where he did Herbert as a Junior Aspen Cultural Centre in cultural hub. interior/ he created the Bauhaus the preliminary course Master. It was during Colorado after leaving typeface. He first which was created and this time that he his wife Irene. public events. discovered the school directed by Johannes married a student at the He introduced the while reading a Itten, then between Bauhaus: Irene Angela principles he book by Wassily 1922-24 he chose to Hecht who specialised had learned 2 3 12 13 In the future I would like to Jake become a Graphic Designer and also sell work like posters which a lot of my work is. I would also like to become professional in multiple Wilson areas of Graphic Design. Some of the posters I have designed are of people, and other posters represent a deeper meaning. Brazilian illustrator Cristiano Siqueira, has inspired much of my work. 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 31 RACHEL GREEN ” I’ve always liked to look at art in its many forms, but I think the most widely spread displays of art are rooted within graphic design considering it’s everywhere we go and we barely realize it. My goals for the future? To see my work around in everyday life and maybe help add some colour to people’s lives in ways they may not realize. I think that’s the best thing about art, it can be and grandiose or as subtle as you like and it can still leave an impact. ” 33 This piece of charater artwork on the right was created after viewing white blood plushies Ben Evans Showzine Reel oonline and i thought i could cartoon that so i attempted. The plan was to only use this in the Word Soup project but later on the year he was Hi i’m Ben. I’m 19 and am a graphic design student brought back back for the Gif Project aswell as with a side interest of photogrphy. My images Stop Frame Animation and The Imaginings of and artwork reflect my upbringing and the local Mr Lem as i needed backup charaters for those comminty around me in Kirkstall and Leeds as a projects and he is very easy to anmate based whole with the rare occasional drift into political on the original design. Due to the repeated uses work. my main area of interest though is transport he seems to have become my mascot and my espically buses and becuase of that a lot of my most known piece among the other students work is based around them. I also have plans in on the course with the student’s opinions split the future to either go into Transport Branding between wether he is cute or creepy. Design or helping people with my condition which is Autism and Aspergers Syndrome. Luke, The White Blood Cell Ben Evans Image This piece of artwork is the word soup project final outcome it was designed with the base The image on the right is from the pet peeves unit words of Blood Protest and Ludicrous. to me early on in the year it shows my pet peeve of buses i thought about many things during this and stopping in the incorrect stop in Leeds City Centre. settled a parade of white blood cells coming out the im ages takes some of my interests those being of a blood vessel in a parade stlye with signs. Transport and Urban Areas along with places i know and combines them together into a piece I feel this captures the essense of my work showing a pet peeve of mine that happens far more through which is a naive style of artwork with often than it should.
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