Barbara Kruger-inspired Posters

Barbara Kruger-inspired Posters

1.) I decided to do simple posters and simple sayings. My first one is called "Friend" and it is a picture of a dog (Rottweiler). The reason behind the text I used was that man's best friend is his dog. By incorporating the dog into the poster, I was hoping people would be reminded of "Man's Best Friend"

2.) I am pretty sure everyone knows Hello Kitty, so I decided to make a poster that had something to do with the character. I was supposed to change the phrase, so I changed it from "Hello Kitty"
 to "Bye Bye Kitty" hence the crossed out eyes of Hello Kitty. I thought it was quite genius actually.

3.) Finally, I decided to use a popular slogan from Walmart: "Save money. Live better." I honestly did this because I thought it would be cool. Yes, I chose to photograph money in a wallet, symbolizing saving money.

5 HAWAII ICONS

Redesigned Coffee Bean

ORIGINAL

I have decided to interpret lava flow into the coffee bean symbol. Big Island is known for many things, including their Kona coffee and the eruptions that occur. My first coffee bean was very abstract and simple, while my redesign of it has color and crevice-like lines, indicating it to look more like a coffee bean. Also, to help out with the redesign, I changed the color to brown to give it some eye appeal.

REDESIGN

Iconic Abstraction

Realistic Heart to White Flat Heart

What is the difference between icons & symbols?

           An icon is a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something. A symbol is a thing that represents or stands for something. The purpose of a symbol is to communicate meaning, like how a red octagon represents to stop without having to put the actual word "stop." An icon generally represents an object or concept with cultural significance to a cultural group. For example, the Stonehenge is a cultural example of England.