Graduates

Xinyue Zhou

MFA in Graphic Design - 2 Yr Path — Graduate Graphic Design

TOO MUCH

This project is a representation of the pollution and destruction of environmental resources by today's opaque garment industry. Three dynamic posters are used as outputs to show the destruction of water, land and air resources by the fashion industry
Learning Outcomes:
Because this is my first attempt to create a set of dynamic posters by way of modeling, learning the new software did take me a lot of time, and I was also unable to design the form I wanted to show due to technical reasons, and I also simplified the design. Although this project is indeed full of difficulties, I am still very satisfied with the design idea and logic.
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While watching a documentary in my spare time during the holidays, I came across a film titled "The True Price". The theme of the film was related to the clothing industry, documenting where the clothes we wear come from; by whom; where do they end up? And what struck me most at the end was that he talked about the huge impact the fashion industry has on the world. This documentary takes us into the dark side of the fascinating fashion industry. Therefore, I will try to introduce people to this widespread and serious social phenomenon, the pollution of our environment by the fashion industry. Therefore, each of us should start from ourselves to protect the earth's environment and refuse to over-consume.
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Water Pollution The various pollutants that pollute the water are simplified and extracted as spheres, and the blue pollutants are mixed with the transparent and clear water to make a sharp contrast with the pure water. The water droplets undulate with the irregular waves in which the pollutants are mixed. The blue color is also extracted from the very color of the sea.
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Land Contamination The land slab in the land pollution poster was extracted and simplified to a square. The small squares with green drop represent the various factors that pollute the land. The green color is extracted by associating the color of the earth, but in the work I use the green color on these pollutants as an irony to this phenomenon.
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Air Pollution The sandblasted particles that pollute the air are simplified into small triangular cones, because such small particles stay in the lungs of garment factory workers, like small thorns stuck in them, and the triangular cone form is like a sharp and aggressive one. The red color is chosen because it is associated with the color of human lungs and the color of "damage".
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final output