I designed this poster in the Composition and Design 336 course as a rough draft for Project #1. This poster will act as a starting ground for the continued development of Project #1.

The poster I chose is my second option, featuring the title in the shape of a mouth. The title of my poster is the most clear example of utilizing multiple design techniques: I have framed the title with the biographies of the poets and placed it in the middle of the page to clearly establish it as the focal point of the poster. I also used the letters of each word to create a new shape, utilizing creative lines to make the words into something new. I put the important details of the event, the date and time, on the inside of the mouth to draw attention to them, placing them in a different frame than the rest of the poster. In order to balance my composition, I also included the detail text of the event on the bottom of the page, as most of the heavier text is in the middle and top of the page. I kept this text simple so as not to make the poster visually overwhelming. However, I still see ample room to improve my design. I believe that I can make the mouth shape that I meant to convey with the letters in “Experimental Poetry in Action” much more true to the shape I meant to achieve. I also believe that the speech bubble meant to be formed by “in action” is too busy when framed by the authors’ bios. I plan to edit the format of these biographies so as not to overwhelm and take away from the intended title of the poster. I also believe that the text on the bottom of the page kind of blurs together, and the composition looks kind of busy overall. I plan to utilize more white space and text manipulation in my next design so as to keep it as streamlined as possible while still effectively creating a visually interesting poster.