Poster Series

Three digital art posters for the Ohio Cultural Arts Center featuring floral patterns made of text, with event details and titles in bold fonts.

Project Objective

The poster project aimed to teach us invitational design and how to capture an audience’s attention. I was assigned three poets from Ohio and tasked with creating posters that reflected each poet’s work and contributions, while also standing out among the many competing posters on busy city streets.

Research and Benchmarking

I began by researching each poet—exploring their passions, themes, and writing style—and used those insights as inspiration. I also collected a series of type-based poster designs to guide my visual direction.

Russel Atkins

Kari Gunter-Seymour

Experimental Design and Ideations

I experimented by printing and cutting magazines, painting papers, sketching shapes, and layering plant photos—exploring countless possibilities without landing on a final concept. Eventually, I chose a distinct flower and color for each poet: the cardinal flower for Cleveland, the purple coneflower for Appalachia, and the butterfly weed for Cincinnati—each tied to the region that shaped their voice.

A collection of nine photographs of different colorful flowers and six covers of posters with titles related to flowers and art, including images of botanical illustrations and text.
Six poster options arranged in a row, featuring titles and author names, with abstract or floral background designs.

Iterations

Three posters with images of flowers and names of featured artists overlaid in black text.
A poster for an art exhibit featuring Ohio poetic threads and unbound landscapes, with text indicating dates from May 1 to May 8, 2025, and contact information for the Columbus Cultural Arts Center.

Final Poster Series

Event poster for 'Karri Gunter-Seymour', held from May 15 to May 22, 2025, at The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, featuring poetry threads and landscapes with text within leaf and tree shapes, on a light beige background.

Yalie Saweda Kamara

Event poster for 'Yalie Saweda Kamara', at The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, featuring poetry threads and landscapes with text within flower shapes, on a light beige background.
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