SPECIMEN FOR A CITY

“I find the idea of no absolute certainty interesting. Everything is a matter of opinion and you’re only as right as you think you are.”

MARCO CHEATHAM

Point of View: Public Opinion/Social Behavior

“This poster is not only an extremely nerdy tribute to the world of Harry Potter but it is also a conversation about the power of propaganda.”

DANIEL CLARK

Magic is Might

“This was a wonderful opportunity to support one of my favorite organizations, Stray Rescue. I applied the angularity of the Geometric typeface to the illustration of the dog, distilling it into basic shapes. The somewhat silly & playful expression of the pittie demonstrates how loving this breed is, but hopefully conveys the serious message too. Adopt today!”

ELAINE CODER

Pitbulls and Purebreads

“The Vote for the Kerning Party political poster is a satirical play on political party jockeying and the phrase “to form a more perfect union” from Preamble to the United States Constitution and how they relate to the definition of kerning.”

DARREN COLLIER

Feel the Kern

“Freedom of Speech exists specifically to protect despicable people who are uttering intolerable opinions.”

SCOTT GERICKE

Fredumb of Speech

“My poster seeks to highlight the strong community that developed from the #YesAllWomen social media movement, which serves to expose the realities of sexism and misogyny in our society.”

ANNA HEINZ

#yesallwomen

“Make-Believe, Not War is about two Lego people high-fiving. It’s about peace. It’s about using childhood to escape adulthood. It’s about building something better. ”

COREY HELLING

Make Believe! Not War!

“Yes is easy...say no and do whatever it is you’d rather be doing (and if you need an excuse, just say you have diarrhea).”

JAKE HOUVENAGLE

The Future is Stupid

“Navigating current events is often disorienting. Polarized uses abstract line art to visualize our ever changing present climate, not just environmentally but politically and economically. ”

AUDRA HUBBELL

Polarized

“Today we focus as a society on making everyone feel included, but we do it in a way where we celebrate people as being the same. Let's include everyone not because we are the same, but because of our vivid differences.”

LILLY HUXHOLD

Live Life in Vivid Color

“With one out of every three bites of food eaten worldwide dependent on bee pollination, a decrease in the world bee population could result in serious consequences to the world food supply; a story I wanted to tell with my poster.”

GARY KARPINSKI

Save the Bees

“In light of recent government spying on our personal lives, I parodied the WWI recruitment poster to show that the government is going beyond their stated purpose.”

DANIEL KHANG

I Watch You

“Not too long ago, people in cities were able to walk outside at night to view a sky full of stars as a part of their everyday life. My poster When It’s Dark Enough talks about the light pollution we live with and don’t always recognize.”

JENNY LIN

When It's Dark Enough

“The Politics of Ricky is based on the malapropisms and slips-of-the tongue made by the character Ricky, front man of the TV series ‘Trailer Park Boys.’ Ricky’s botched phrases are a solid representation of his character and his beliefs: his lack of education, his hard drug and alcohol use, general goofiness and lack of clarity and common sense in any given situation.”

MISTY MANLEY

The Politics of Ricky

“I have been wanting to make a poster about how our city should deal with the fallout from Ferguson. Martin Luther King’s words seem so right. I want to heal our city’s wounds through a combination of love, education and understanding.”

JEN MCKNIGHT

Sticking to Love

“I come from a family of strong, hard-working women, so the gender wage gap is an issue that’s close to my heart. For my poster, I wanted to subvert a universally recognized symbol (the equals sign) to make a comment about the unfairness of the gender wage gap.”

PATRICK MILFORD

Equality Matters

“Strength is within all of us. However, my choice to exercise it by using my voice, and in this case, design, became my form of action and protest.”

TRACI MOORE

Power of Protest

“Do you ever wonder what amazing things we could accomplish with the time and collective effort we spent blaming our leaders?”

CHARLIE NOWELL

Land of the Free, Home of the Blame

“The intent of this poster is to encourage viewers to be more engaged in government and community and to make their voices heard through their right to vote.”

JOSH ROGIER

Make Your Voice Heard

“This poster is a response to the cultural of anti-intellectualism and anti-science. The quote paired with the image of the Greek god Atlas holding up the sky is meant to show how our understanding of the world has evolved over time, yet there are still people who don’t understand (or deny) basic scientific evidence. ”

BRUCE SACHS

With Minds Wide Awake

“The dominant shape in this poster is the outline of an area of St. Louis known as the Delmar Divide. Delmar Boulevard, running east and west through St. Louis, creates a border between poor, dominantly African American neighborhoods to the north, and economically advantaged, white neighborhoods to the south. Over this, a verse from Psalms 133, set in the boldest weight of the Geometric typeface, delivers a message of hope and healing.”

LYNN ULLMAN

Close the Delmar Divide

“With the famous line from the drag queen Latrice Royale as the focal point, “Eat It!” uses my humor and love for drag to bring attention to how we can help reduce food waste in our everyday lives.”

JOSHUA UNICK

Eat It!

“Vote/Veto - a suicide letterpress edition, where the printing block destroys itself in the act of printing, creating an evolving image as a result.”

ERIC WOODS

Vote/Veto