Graphics rotation: Day 3

We started off the day by being shown a video of Graphic Designer Ronny Edry making a speech on his "Iranians ... we [heart] you" poster campaign that unexpectedly blew up on social media in March 2012.

This clip exemplifies how well designed graphics can bring two groups of people together, who are supposed to be at war with each other and ultimately "hate" each other.

It illustrates that the war between Israel and Iran is mainly political and historical, and that the present day populations of both countries want peace and in fact sympathise and "love" the people that their country are bombing. Not only did it attract people from both sides of this particular war but the populations of other countries were expressing their resentment for their countries political feuds. The people of different countries were coming together on social media to publicly proclaim their desire for peace by recreating Ronny Edry's original poster.

The domino effect of this campaign showed me the power of graphic design and how this art can be used to have a positive global impact.

After the morning break we were put in groups of six and were asked to complete a series of drawing tasks ranging in duration, from about three to ten minutes. These were fun experimental exercises that including, staring at a person on the same table for thirty seconds and then trying to draw their face on the piece of paper whilst shutting your eyes. We also used other methods of drawing the face of someone on our table, for example by using one continuous line and using our mouths to hold a pen or pencil and ultimately draw what we saw. Here are a few examples of my outcomes...

( Drawn using my non-writing hand)                                        (Drawn using one continuous line)

(Self portrait drawn without looking in a mirror)

For an additional drawing task we were asked to draw our own hand posing it in a chosen position.

After lunch we experimented with making unusual lettering by using atypical materials and methods such as scrunching up paper and manipulating in into the letter we wanted.