A global campaign to raise awareness of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights launched this week, with an identity and design strategy by Start Creative. The campaign, entitled Every Human Has Rights, aims to pull together the efforts of a number of partner organisations including Amnesty International, Unicef, Action Aid and Save the Children.

Design Week reported:
Start creative director Jonathan Cummings explains that one of the key aims of the campaign, which will run for a year, is to gather a billion signatures, as a show of support for human rights, particularly in areas of the world where governments have a poor track record on human rights issues. Appointed to the project two months ago without a pitch, Start worked closely with Robert Campbell, creative director of supporting charity Virgin Unite. Start created the branding for the campaign, a website TheElders.org, and a brand tool kit that can be used by partner organisations in the campaign. Continue Reading »

Born in 1945, designer-artist Barbara Kruger looks to be inspirational, in my search for revolutionary AND socially conscious Visual Communication. Reminded of her talent today, when I opened UK Newspaper The Guardian, to find a “free artist wrapping paper” by the aforementioned artist, which screams Frantz Fanon’s statement “Blind Idealism is Reactionary”.

After attending Syracuse University and Parson’s School of Design in New York, Kruger obtained a design job at Condé Nast Publications. Working for Mademoiselle Magazine, she was quickly promoted to head designer. Later, she worked as a graphic designer, art director, and picture editor in the art departments at House and Garden, Aperture, and other publications. Continue Reading »