Inspired by James Victore’s mantra of ‘Design like you give a damn’, Grafik teamed up with Studio Theolin and Sweden’s Berghs School of Communication to set its top students a topical brief.
Taking some inspiration from James Victore’s Burning Questions video series where he urges watchers to ‘design like you give a damn’, twenty-five students from Berghs School of Communication (under the tutelage of Jenny Theolin and Sophia Wood) were tasked with campaigning on a issue from the day’s news.
The brief was simple, students had to pick a news platform, pick a story and then ‘design like they gave a damn’. Together with Sophia Wood, Theolin lectured and guided the students through the real-life project, with the aim to disrupt and challenge traditional conventions through a mash-up of graphic design and journalism. Here are our favourite submissions.
Without Borders
by Sofie Redtzer
The story: Astronauts and Cosmonauts to launch a one-year space mission – via Space.
The Idea: Despite a strained relationship between the countries on earth, Russia and the US are working together on a space mission to reach Mars by 2030. Without Borders would be a visual initiative by United Nations, supporting collaborations and connections across countries by making mash-ups of national flags.
Attack of the Giant Pussy
by Maria Henriksson
The Story: Wonder Woman was created by a radical feminist bondage fetishist who wanted a matriarchal utopia – via Vice.
The Idea: The creator of Wonder Woman wanted a matriarchal utopia. He believed that the only way to save the world from war was for women to rule the world and for men to become more like women. This piece images what that world might look like.
