Saturday, 21 March 2009

New Poster (Arms Trade)

6 comments:

Alex Goodier said...

excellent Lee! Simple yet so effective :)

Wayde 2 da Raphael said...

yep i definitely agree with alex!

maybe too much text though (for the foreign audiences)?

I would be tempted to remove the copy
and hue the guns with a red. The red cross
is a clearly recognized global establishment so the
message will be easy to interpret I believe.

:)

Anonymous said...

I agree, I think making the cross red would make this , a shorter, punchier tagline, perhaps just one sentence long underneath it is all thats needed.

Brilliant idea though, simple yet really effective.

Lee Foley said...

Thanks for the comments.
I agree that the image is more striking without the text, but then I might be giving people the impession that the Red Cross are smuggling weapons. Even though I can't prove they aren't, it's not an allegation I'm confident enough to stand by. Any possible solutions would be appreciated.

Jeff said...

These comments seem familiar.

If the cross is too 'loaded' how about other iconography for peace - dove, laurel leaf etc.?

Anonymous said...

would agree with most comments re. trying it in red and/or possibly adding something in the background - i.e. spilt blood.

The current line could then be either discarded or possibly simplified to something along the lines of:
Is Aid all we give?