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Green Ciities Poster

mad grab

The United Nations is hosting Wolrd Enviroment Day in San Francisco in 2005.

Its theme is; World Cities: Where the future lives.

I guess through my teacher they are going to pick a poster from my class that will be plastered throughout the city next year. This concept is the one that my class picked for me out of the three that I showed them. I am not sure it says what the title says. What do yall think? Do you think I should try to come up with another idea. I would really want to take advantage of this situation.





btw I have another idea i never photographed it because I thought it might be hard to execute

It was to have a robot and women (mother earth) shaking hands it would only feature their hands close up and it would show that we are going to make a commitment to the future to improve our cities.

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dan

Gregory, I find the skyline shilohette upside down disturbing and unnessary. I'm from Manhattan and skyline shilos bother me since 9/11. Next the photo looks like the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. No buildings, no people, no animals, just leaves not growing up but strewed along a (barren airport?). Hardly what I would like to experience in an urban green environment.

What I suggest is show positive aspects of new urban living. Wind fans generating electricity, parks, people planting trees on urban streets, public transportation. If you can do something abstract try emulating the 60s poster approach like a flower sticking out of a power plant smoke stack.

Finally, you have "World Environment Day" but no date. You have to have a date. Investigate another typeface for "Green Cities" too much Gill Sans for my taste. "Where the future lives" doesn't mean anything. "Where our future lives" is somewhat better but need explaination and you have plenity of room on a poster to do it. Does the poster want someone to do something or just know the day exists. If its proactive have contact information, phone numbers

mad grab

hey daniel,

your right! I do need to focus on the positive aspects of new urban living.

I really dislike this idea but i feel stuck, you just gave me the push i needed. I will update some ideas by the middle of next week.

just so you know Green

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