This is a presentation for my Graphic Design course. I need to upload it here so I can embed in WordPress.

1. THE INFLUENCE OF
CONSTRUCTIVISM ON
PROTEST ART TODAY
DEQA IBRAHIM

2. REASONS FOR PICKING TOPIC
• I CONNECT WITH THE ETHOS OF CONSTRUCTIVISM AS IT’S ALL ABOUT PURPOSE AND SOCIAL ARTISTRY.
• I AM VERY INTERESTED IN PROTEST ART AND DESIGN AND HOPE TO WORK AS A SOCIAL
DESIGNER/ARTIVIST IN THE FUTURE.
• I RECENTLY COMPLETED A SKILLSHARE COURSE BY DESIGNER, MIRKO ILIC, ABOUT ‘MAKING ART TO DRIVE
CHANGE’ WHERE HE MENTIONED CONSTRUCTIVISM AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR HIS PROTEST
POSTERS- THIS SPARKED THE IDEA FOR THIS REPORT.

3. OVERVIEW
RESEARCH METHODS
• PRIMARY RESEARCH: MIRKO ILIC’S ONLINE
COURSE
• SECONDARY RESEARCH: BOOKS, AND ONLINE
ARTICLES
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• EXPLORE HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTIVISM
• RESEARCH SOME HISTORIC/CONTEMPORARY
DESIGNERS WHO USE THIS STYLE
• DO A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 1 HISTORICAL
AND 1 CONTEMPORARY POSTER THAT HAS
CONSTRUCTIVIST INFLUENCE
• ANALYSE OTHER RELEVANT PROTEST ART

4. COMPARATIVE
ANALYSIS
• ‘BOOKS (PLEASE)! IN ALL BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE’ –
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO
• ‘SHOUT’ – MIRKO ILIC (FOR 2011 NEW YORK PRIDE PARADE)

5. CONTEMPORARY
PROTEST ART
• ‘GUNS AND ROSES’ – SHEPARD FAIREY
• ’DEFEND EQUALITY’ – AARON T. HARVEY
• BOTH ARE USING CONSTRUCTIVIST
STYLE
• BOLD OUTLINES AND TYPEFACES
• LOTS OF RED
• RAISED FIST/HANDS
• DIAGONAL ELEMENTS

6. CONCLUSION
THE BOLD SHAPES, STRONG COLOURS AND LOUD TEXT OF
CONSTRUCTIVIST DESIGN IS VERY EYE-CATCHING AND THAT’S WHY I
THINK IT’S A RELEVANT AND EFFECTIVE STYLE FOR DELIVERING
POWERFUL PROTEST ART TODAY.

7. REFERENCES