PosterFest: Design for Good
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018
Time: 4–10pm
Location: The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue
Get graphic with a full day of presentations, exhibitions, hands-on workshops, and design challenges focused on the theme of posters as vehicles for advocacy and social change. Co-presented with AIGA Miami, Adobe Creative Jams, and Lotus House.
Schedule
4pm | Tour I
PosterFest begins! View the finalists of our Design for Good competition, in which we partnered with AIGA Miami and Lotus House to ask creatives for poster designs challenging misunderstanding and stigma surrounding homelessness, and catch a tour of Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age.
5pm | Workshops
Make your own letterpress and silkscreened posters with local printers.
6pm | Tour II
Take a tour of Constructing Revolution: Soviet Propaganda Posters from Between the World Wars.
7pm | Adobe Creative Jam Tournament Kickoff
Enjoy free food and drinks when doors open to the tournament in full-swing—pop your head in and see how it’s developing. Portfolio reviews will already be taking place for those who reserved a spot before the event.
8pm | AIGA Miami Poster Competition + Adobe Creative Jam Talks
Learn who nailed the Design for Good poster competition challenge and sit back as local creative leaders walk you through their personal creative processes in Creative Jam Talks.
9pm | Adobe Creative Jam Awards
Cast your vote alongside judges and fellow audience members as Creative Jam tournament competitors share their solutions inspired by a theme announced just 3 hours before, then help us award the winners.
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