Seven Billion. 3.2008
This is a quote that for some reason I really like, I think I heard it in a strokes song. Anyways I was a bit hesitant to use the quote for my design because you could say it's a bit controversial. I did it anyways. I wanted to as simply as possible represent the quote in text. Lately I've been thinking more about my designs, I've been thinking from the viewers’ point of view. Where the eye first goes when reading some type of graphic design. When I made this, it was obvious that the view would first read seven billion and then see a map of the world’s continents. They would try to put the two things together, thinking to themselves, "There aren't seven billion people in the world." I know this. Then they would go to read the text that fills the map, although at first a bit hard to read... it is definitely legible.This piece was shown at an art show at my school titled "It's Who You Know." It's printed 36x24 mounted on gator board. I think the print came out really nice.
Quote Reads: "There are seven billion people in this world who have nothing to say."