Communication Design

Final Paper • While looking for two designs to examine for this final paper, I came upon the New York Worlds Fair Poster designed by Joseph Binder and a poster entitled Victory 1945 by Shigeo Fukuda. In looking at both of these designs and comparing and contrasting them, I wish to show just how significantly large scale cultural issues can effect the collective conscious of a society and the resulting every day designs and images that they …

…as these pieces are similar, they are still very, very different. They both have the ability to communicate a grand idea or concept while keeping the composition extremely simple and elegant. Both have excellent uses of color and were created by extremely reputable designers. The New York Worlds Fair Poster by John Binder and the poster entitled, Victory 1945 by Shigeo Fukuda both stand as excellent examples of design acting as the voice of a society.