More Than A Brand – Art for People's Sake

Recently I was asked to develop a series of four design posters for Project Ink. There wasn’t any clear criteria for the posters other than they should be colorful as they will be the backdrop for a promotional video being shot by HP.

These designs merge my attraction to strong, vibrant colors with my love for effective typography. The design quotes, provided by Joe Sparano, Brian Reed, Frank Chimero & Mieke Gerritzen, really resonated with me as being not only applicable to the field of design, but other areas of life as well.

Photography courtesy of Katanaz-Stock.

This year has been a hard one for us all, and I have seen many around me struggle to provide for themselves and their families. ‘A Displaced December’ is a collection of local artists committed to the homeless and feeding the hungry during this holiday season. 100% of the proceeds for this show will be donated to The House: Food Warehouse, an organization that feeds over 2000 families each week in Fontana and it’s surrounding areas.

The show opens on November 16th and runs until December 20th. If you’re in the area, please come out and support local art and help raise awareness for those less fortunate than ourselves. I’m very excited to have work in this show and am putting the finishing touches on my submission as we speak. Hope to see you there.

*Flyer design by Jeremy Agers.

More Than A Brand stickers are in! I was so excited to get these today in the mail, and the guys over at Sticker Robot really did a great job. Every order from the More Than A Brand Store will now include some of these adhesive little guys.

I’ve wanted to make this poster ever since I saw the ‘30 Days: Life on an Indian Reservation‘ episode in my college Anthropology class. I, like many others, had always believed that the Native Americans were making tons of money off of Indian gaming and living well. And while this is true for some tribes, there are actually many reservations where unemployment, alcoholism and crime are the daily reality. In fact, Indians today are still among the poorest of Americans.

Despite these overwhelming obstacles, Native Americans have been and remain a very proud people with an incredibly rich history. This poster, titled ‘American’ will hopefully serve as a reminder that we are all united under one banner in this country. 18″ x 24″ prints are available in the More Than A Brand Store, and as always a portion of the sales will go to support various charities.

I recently received this uplifting email from Students For A Free Tibet in India:

Hi Bart Welt, Thank you so much for taking out time to support the cause.
We respect your work and will not alter it. I would also print this out
and give it to his family here.

It always makes us more determined to campaign for his release when we see
his wife and 3 kids around us. I admire his wife who has to go through all
the trauma and yet takes care of his parents and the three kids.

There’s a short documentary made on her: http://www.vimeo.com/6579635

Keep supporting the campaign to release Dhondup Wangchen and many other
innocent Tibetans.

Regards,

Tenchoe
SFT India

It’s awesome that we live in a world where people from all corners of the globe can unite for a single cause. Please take some time and view the video about Lhamo Tso and also the video that began eveything, Dhondup Wangchen’s ‘Leaving Fear Behind.’