After presenting my posters to the class i have been given and responded to appropriate feedback about my posters, after much contemplation i decided to move forward and present two posters since i felt they both represent different types of Swiss Style posters. Some of the feedback i got confirmed that, the Yellow and black poster is a much more traditionally styled Swiss Style poster, with strong use of the grid system as well as large, bold shapes and colours. However criticism included, the need for a more space to be filled as well as comments about it perhaps being too traditional, since the project is does mention the re invention of the design history. i responded to this feedback by filling more space as well as including a self made image within the Style Style. Ensuring it overlapped with the shape in order to achieve consistency throughout. my second poster was confirmed to be a much more innovative design, slightly breaking the rules of Swiss Style however still having enough key characteristics for it to still be classified within Swiss Style. Advice i was given included; to open up the space on the poster a small amount more as it seemed too crowded, i also needed to reduce the amount of colours within the poster down to two, not included the colour of the paper stock. i responded to this feedback by inverting the colours of the back ground, body copy and the headings. increasing the amount of white space on the page, giving the illusion of more space. the self made image was also edited so that it contains only shades of green and elements of black, and it now fits the brief appropriately. i found this feedback useful due to the fact that i most likely would not have noticed the problems with these posters simply by myself, this exercise was also useful since other people were presenting their posters, i got the opportunity to see how everyone else minds processed the brief and responded.
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