WEEK 8: GRAPHIC DESIGNERS/PRACTITIONERS, THEIR WORKS, PHILOSOPHY & INFLUENCES

JAMES VICTORE

“We put ourselves out into the world in various ways, and we have to be cool with what comes back. And that’s how you start forming resilience: just being cool with what comes back.” —James Victore

He is an author, artist and designer to brave clients. As a creative thought leader James is a sought after speaker known for his timely wisdom and impassioned views about creativity and it’s place in the world. He teaches how to illuminate our individual gifts in order to find clarity and purpose. His work is represented in the permanent collections of museums worldwide.

I am decades into the idea of being Steve because his idea and though has sparked my interest, he said that "when you follow the trends your ideas stagnate and you don’t create the kind of memorable pieces that get you noticed. " As we can see, his commercial work continues to wow by being sexy, strong, and memorable. He advocates to produce unique and fascinating works instead of follow others with the rules,because our purpose here on this planet is to find out who you are and do that thing like your hair is on fire. I think he was right, because our life is free and we born to be widely creative, but we have lost our freedom invisibly, and we are no longer like ourselves because we are limited by many rules.

1. Racism and the Death Penalty

Borrowing from the children’s game Hangman,Racism and the Death Penalty, 1993, addresses what Victore sees as the underlying reason for the return to state-sanctioned execution in the US. With a few expressive lines, he expresses the atavistic rage of this irrational emotion. In "Double Justice," he intends to promote a documentary on the inherent racism of the death penalty by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Victore uses the game Hangman to highlight discrimination. Victore believes that the only benefit of such a tragedy should be that the public first understands the root causes of racism. Everyone is talking about "racism", but no one really knows what it means. Therefore, I have this idea To show the word, it devoured its youth and made a poster as much as possible.'

2. Use A Condom

Use A Condom, 1998, created as exhibition posters for the DDD Gallery in Osaka, Japan, argues for birth control. Victore says the bunnies have met with favourable response, while the flies have been deemed ‘revolting’. He made a pair of quirky posters about safe sex, each showing a pair of obscene animals, and he wanted them to look like fake Victorian postcards with vintage fonts and outline images. He loves the images and hope to use them for some practical purposes. From his perspective, there are two ideas for using condoms. One of them is reproduction, and the other is not spreading diseases.

3. Bush Pirate

He turns the stars and stripes into a pirate flag by layering it with the former president (George Bush) crudely photocopied visage. It’s brutally honest commentary tempered by a dose of humor — the designer’s signature.

In conclusion, he inspires me to be my best self and embrace life. He reminds me what it means to be creative and how important it is to make stuff and put it out there in the world. Also, a lesson about "big change is scary, but necessary for progress and a fulfilling career," so don't let fear run our design career. But then do everything with a purpose, then the work is driven and it has meaning and just improves. I hope I can learn from him, don't pay too much attention to others' eyes and follow others blindly, but create my own style, give myself more confidence, make good works to let more people know and like, and have my own value.

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Citations:

1. Victore. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.jamesvictore.com/

2. Eye Magazine. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/writing-on-the-wall

3. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/JamesVictore?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author