Project Proposal

                                                           Emancipation of Women

Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed.  These rights apply to everyone equally, but many women are prevented from realising their rights because of tradition, prejudice, social, religion and economic interests and they are at risk of violence as a result of patriarchy, regardless of their social background, identity or position. However, for many women their experience of violence is more complex, as multiple identities overlap adding layers of discrimination which shape their experiences in different ways.
I intend to compare a few differences of women`s rights between countries across the globe and also I am going to connect with some relevant organizations to gain more information base on the facts.
Now;
What can I do as a woman and graphic designer to support other women who do not aware of their rights?

Thinking & Ask questions:
In all countries;
Do all women can work in their favourite masculine occupations like as a mechanic, pilot, judge or
chair of parliament?
Do all married men and women have the equal property ownership rights?
Do all women have a divorce right?
Do all women allow abortion?
Do all women are supported by the law against of domestic violence?...

My Aims:
What I hope my project will do?
Raise awareness of people about women`s rights.
Encourage women to share their or other women`s successes story.
Make a women campaign (by using hashtag changing time for ladies) to introduce new successful
women who had that situation (Like #me too)

What I will do to get these done?
Research more to find successful women who had inequality rights in their tough lives.
Use Scenarios, stories to display women`s successes.
Explore the subject by making illustration, moving images and crafts.

Google's Feminist Emojis Were Nominated For A Design Award

The line of 11 emojis was created last year by Google employees Agustin Fonts, Rachel Been, Mark Davis, Nicole Bleuel, and Chang Yang. When the company first announced the new kickass lady emojis, Google said they were created to represent “a wide range of professions for women and men with a goal of highlighting the diversity of women’s careers and empowering girls everywhere.”

 

And that they did. A few others in the group include a businesswoman, doctor, nurse, scientist, graduate, software engineer, and a tech worker. Before these adorable and empowering images were available, emoji keyboards were under harsh scrutiny for only showing girls engaging in gendered activities, like being a princess or dancer. While there’s nothing wrong with a good tiara or tutu, it sent a limiting message to young women and girls. “We believe this will empower young women (the heaviest emoji users), and better reflect the pivotal roles women play in the world,” Google said of the debut.

 

 

The emojis were nominated in the digital category for the Design of the Year Awards. While they face some pretty tough competition (Pokémon Go is nominated in the same category), there's no denying how game-changing they are.

The winner of best digital design will be announced on January 25, 2018. According to the Design Museum’s website, public voting will begin in October (you can vote, too!), and a vote from design professionals will follow to determine the winner. We’re rooting for these empowering little ladies to take home the prize!

 

 

“Votes for Women”, Bertha M. Boye, 1911

Lacking in protest art, the California suffrage campaign borrowed an idea from the English suffrage movement and organized poster competitions to source new designs. This print won Bertha M. Boye $50 as a prize for best poster and was used for San Francisco College’s Equal Suffragette League postcards and placards.

The print’s slogan, write with an elegant hand, doesn’t appear as an argument or threatening battle cry, instead, it reads as a reliable, unassailable truth. While many 19th century feminists had taken a revolutionary stance against society and its institutions, the suffragettes of the early 20th century suggested that the women’s vote would strengthen rather than destroy the existing culture. Its artwork, steeped in tradition, reflected that line of thought.

With a symmetrical design that reinforces the sense of tranquillity emanating from the stoic figure at its centre, Boye’s classic suffragette poster also makes use of symbolic colors and classical imagery to emphasize stability.

Vibrant pattern design by Sam Coldy for Penguin’s On the Page campaign

The publishing house only recently celebrated its 80th birthday by launching a range of its classic titles for 80p each, accompanied by a slick website and a poster campaign which has reached even the furthest corners of London’s transport system. And right now, they’re in the midst of a new campaign called On the Page which celebrates women authors and characters in literary masterpieces.

 

The publisher wisely recruited graphic artist and art director Sam Coldy to create the visuals for the series, whose solution to the brief was to create a set of distinctly “unisex” artworks in bright, vibrant marks. There’s something inexplicably attractive about seeing traditionally hand-applied media – watercolour paints and pencil lines, for example – on a bright screen backed by a light source, making the whole series irresistible. Sam’s characteristically vibrant pattern design overlaid with the Penguin logo feels like a natural fit, let alone when the two are paired with wisdom from the likes of Louisa May Alcott and Virginia Woolf. Keep it up, Penguin!

Reflection

Reflection

The first step of my process was reviewing and understanding the RSA brief and I presented it by designing. So after choosing it, I looked for Journalist, artist who had done related works, I researched and investigated by going to the university library to find related information and valuable data.

Then I wrote my key words on paper, I drew a map and try to find out what will be my next step. I displayed them by visual elements that I designed. Next I became a visual explorer for collecting the related documents; I went out to find related subjects and I took photos.  Also we could write our questions or statements and we could put them on the public places or even in the universities and get feedback from them or we could see people`s reactions and made them visual but I did not do that because I preferred to talk to people and see them face to face.

The next step for developing the design style was the Scenario; so I asked people to tell me their stories about the subject then I designed and illustrated on the paper and scanned it. After creating the scenarios, those designs leaded me to think about their situations and their problems and I made some questions which were my concerns. I figure out there is one question which was common in all of my scenarios, so I tried to focus on it more.

In my tool kit, I defined my general questions and ask people to response by giving them my questions table (set up in A5 paper). After that I put them on the Excel to find out the result then I made them Visual. My next step was focusing on the details, so I asked another questions by putting people on the situation and I asked them to show their feelings by photos or texts; also I made all their text answers to visual. For next step I wanted to find out the result; therefore I made one statistic question to understand if my supposed answer was right or not. After getting my result, I understood what elements were essential effect on my subject. (My diagram demonstrated Love was the answer of the problem due to increasing the depth of partner`s relationships).

The final step was the concepts which were my weakness due to my misunderstanding. I though after all steps we just supposed to find the solution and make it in visual like posters, logos, … but after concept presentation session I understood it is the way the designers choose to present their ideas. Beside that my other weaknesses were I could not find the way that I could display my solution. For instance I wanted to use my craft knowledge to represent my concepts but I did not know the way.

In general all the process were challenging for me because I had another imagination of MA Graphic Design but after semester 1, I learned about the designing process, sketching everything in my mind and make them visual and also I understood we need to pay attention to the details more and ask questions. Moreover we should develop them.