#5 Poster Ideas - Blue Velvet
After working on my quick thumbnail sketches, I decided to illustrate the idea, so I had a starting point. As I began drawing, I...
#4 Poster Ideas
I was considering as an initial experiment reworking some poster designs for a few Neo-Noir films. This was so I could start using the...
Conclusion
In what ways can subversion develop creativity in relation to practise? The use of subversive messages in creative practice doesn’t...
Adbusters
Over the past weeks, I have mentioned the Adbusters Media Foundation on more than one occasion. With the research I have conducted on...
Jamie Reid and Punk Graphics
When working on my presentation I realised I was yet to finish research on a practitioner that had previously been mentioned in a...
Creativity: a digital illustration
After illustrating the brain and experimenting with trying to get my letterforms to fit within the shapes, I referred to my previous...
Wes Wilson and Bonnie MacLean
Wes Wilson is a psychedelic poster artist and is credited with launching an entire art movement. Wes found inspiration within in the...
The History of Psychedelic Design
When research subversive design I came across Psychedelic art. With inspiration for psychedelic design coming from art nouveau and...
Creativity: an illustration
To continue to adapt my practice I decided to think like a surrealist in a way. In the documentary below, which I have previously...
Creative Practice as Research
Kristina Niedderer and Seymour Rowoth-Stokes wrote a paper named 'The Role and Use of Creative Practice in Research and its Contribution...
What is Creative Practice?
The question I am aiming to answer during this module is 'In what ways can subversion develop creativity in relation to practice?'. I...
The Many Words of Creativity
I decided to complete the same method of brainstorming that I did for subversion. This would allow me to directly compare them later on...
What is Creativity?
Oxford languages defines creativity as 'the use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness'. For me, creativity...
Understanding Creativity
I decided to follow the same thought process I had with subversion, so I had a look on Wikipedia to get a broad understanding of the word...
Function Vs Form
As a designer, I always work on the function of a piece first and form follows. This seems to be what is expected of a graphic designer....
The Subversive Nature of Graphic Design
In an article on Prophetik Soul they seem to argue that graphic design, itself, is subversive in nature. Initially, I struggled to find...
The Guy Fawkes Mask
In a previous post named 'What is Subversion?' I mentioned Guy Fawkes and whether his activities were subversive. This is what made me...
Subversive Design
I wanted to collate all the subversive design research I have completed into one place. I looked at a couple of articles throughout the...
Subversion: A Poster
As mentioned in my previous post, I selected a few words that I felt best represented my initial understanding of subversion. From a...




















