Above: by Adam Snetman, New YorkI know you've all seen the Shepard Fairey poster for Obama:Above: Shepard Fairey's popular Obama PosterBut he certainly wasn't the only one who designed a beautiful poster in support of Barack Obama. Nor the best poster. Tons of graphic artists, illustrators, painters, typographers and more have done so, just take a glance below:However, I'm singling out "30 reasons" in this post because I liked the use of their 'email' campaign as a way of communicating the support for Obama. And their artwork was more communicating the 'reason' to vote for the Democratic candidate rather than just a poster of him.30 Reasons was a 30-day email and internet campaign to encourage people to vote for Barack Obama. Their goal was simple: Use design to build a logical, multi-faceted argument for Obama and make it easy to share each reason with another person.They enlisted 30 graphic designers to create posters that represented a reason to vote for Obama. Starting on the October 5th, they posted a new poster online each day and emailed it to those signed up on their list. Recipients could easily share the email with other supporters and friends who were undecided.Here are a few of them:Above: by John Klotnia, New YorkAbove: by Scott Thares, MinnesotaAbove: by Milton Glaser, New YorkAbove: by Julia Zimmerman, New YorkAbove: by Chris Thomas, New YorkAbove: by Chaz Maviyane, MassachusettsAbove: by Matt Dorfman, New YorkAbove: by Luba Lukova, New York30 Reasons featured posters designed by these designers:Andrio Abero, Elizabeth AmoroseJesse Arneson, Seymour ChwastFrank Chimero, Andrew DegraffNeil Donnelly, Matt DorfmanMegan Forb, Milton GlaserDan Ibarra, Melissa JunJason Kenevich, John KlotniaAndrew Lewis , Luba LukovaChaz Maviyane-Davies, Lenny NaarWoody Pirtle, Adam SnetmanScott Stowell, Michael StrassburgerDustin Summers, Scott TharesChris Thomas, Brett TraylorRick Valicenti, Ryan WallerLarkin Werner , JP WilliamsBrett Yasko, Julia ZimmermanCurated by Julia Zimmerman, Chris Thomas, and Jesse Arneson. Go look at all 30 of them. They are all worth seeing and available to download as pdfs here.Like to see Obama posters? well, the you MUST check out Design/ers for Obama, where all the amazing work on here is visible as well as links to various sites with artwork for Obama.Design/ers for Obama was created when Design Observer essentially asked the question, “how can graphic designers best support Barack Obama?” The answer ended up extending the question to cover visual communicators at all levels. In addition to supporting Obama for America they jumped at the opportunity to bring the spirit of grassroots style organizing and collaboration to poster design which, to them, meant not only forming communal bonds but sharing the fruits of their efforts equally and in such a way that anyone can enjoy and benefit from (because most of us do not own our own printing presses).Design for Obama was created by Aaron Perry-Zucker, a senior studying graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design, and was built by Adam Meyer, a senior studying industrial design at said school. The site was inspired and is supported by Design Observer.Design/ers for Obama30 reasons
