Projects from Ashley Stevens
name
Ashley Stevens (ashleymstevens)
country
united states
university
School of Visual Art
department
Design
university address
230 East 23 street
10010 newyork
university country
united states
id
0002348
title
Kate Wells Guest Lecture Poster
professor(s)
Steven Heller + Lita Talerico
rank
-
tags
year of making
2008
uploaded
2009-02-17 01:02:37
Kate Wells is the director of the Siyazama Project in Durban, South Africa. The Siyazama Project enables rural, traditional craftswomen to express their concerns about HIV and AIDS and all of its complexities through their creation of beaded cloth dolls and bead work. The project and its producers communicate and spread awareness on HIV/AIDS through workshops, exhibitions, museum collections and research activities.
I designed a simple poster to advertise Ms. Well's guest lecturer appearance at SVA's MFAD program. The typography was created using thread, while spilled beads act as the main graphic. The simple graphic approach speaks of the creations of the Siyazama Project women, while not attempting to replicate their one-of-a-kind bead work creations. The color choices were made based on traditional colors within the AIDS awareness campaigns.
