Grade 5 students are in the middle of their Unit of Inquiry ‘Event Organisation’. In Visual Arts, students have been exploring the role of Graphic Design in advertising an event. Each student is designing and creating a poster for an event in response to a theme of their choice, and when it is completed they will try to use the poster to persuade their classmates to attend their event – a grade 5 sales pitch! I’m looking forward to seeing their finished designs, which I’m sure will successfully communicate a message visually through use of the design principles colour, layout, size and typography.
Grade 5 task:
In our lessons this week we have been exploring the work of graphic designer Chris Labrooy, who has designed posters for companies such as XBOX, Nike and Citroen using fun, creative and clever typography. The students really enjoyed discussing his work in class.
As an extended learning task, I would like all grade 5 students to follow the link to his website and look and some more examples. Then, I would like you to pick your favourite Chris Labrooy typography design. Leave a comment below telling me which one you have chosen, and what you like about it. I can’t wait to read them!
Ms. Maire
Hello Ms Maire I saw Chris Labrooy ‘s posters they were very cool but I mostly liked the yummy by nature one because the font was super cool plus there was a lot of colour in it.
Hi Leonardo! I’m so glad you took the time to check out his website. You’re right, that one is very colourful! It is also about food, the same theme as your ‘fabulous food festival’ poster! Ms. Maire
Dear Ms.Maire,
I looked aat the drawings and i loved all of them but my favourite one is fun and games.
Kind regards Paula 5a
Hi Paula! It’s great that you spent some time looking at Chris Labrooy’s website! The fun and games poster is a nice choice – there are so many hidden symbols in the letters! What did you like about it? Ms. Maire
Hello Ms.Maire I liked the Nike Blastof ones they are my favorites
because they are so cool and it had one of my favorite colours to the blue .
But all of them wre cool to.
Hello Ms.Maire I liked the Nike Blastof ones they are my favorites
because they are so cool and it had one of my favorite colours to the blue .
But all of them were cool too.
Hi Naia! I’m glad you thought his designs were cool! I like the Nike Blastoff advertisement too – the colour blue is so bright! I look forward to talking about his designs some more in art class this week. Ms. Maire
Dear Ms. Maire
I liked all the pictures in Xbox but my favorite pictures were: PLAY and WATCH.
Best regards,
Zaid
Hi Zaid! I’m glad you liked Chris Labrooy’s designs! I had a feeling you might choose the Xbox advertisements as I know you have an interest in gaming! What was it about ‘PLAY’ and ‘WATCH’ that you liked? Ms. Maire
Hello Ms. Maire I really liked the Xbox designs but my favorite one was LISTEN because it shows what you can listen with and it makes me think of music because I saw the head phone and the CDs and the keyboard and it makes me think of music and it is so cool.
Hi Yehia! Wow I can see you really looked carefully at the ‘Listen’ design by Chris Labrooy. It is great to see that you spotted so many different symbols hidden in the letters, and that you understand what message he is communicating! Well done! Ms. Maire
Dear Ms.Maire,
I looked at all of the (amazing) work of Chris Lebrooy and I was very impressed by all of them,but my personal favorite was the
SUMMER STREETS ‘WALK’.This was my favorite because I thought that he was being very creative with the lettering and It was just a very creative thing in general.
Regards,Sabina
Hi Sabina! I’m glad that you were so impressed by the work of Chris Labrooy. You’re right, he is a very creative designer, but so are you! I hope that you will get some inspiration from his work for your own poster design. Ms. Maire
Hello ms. Maire,
i wanted to say that my favourite one was the Dairy Milk one. I liked how delicious the food looked.
Regards,
Lujayne
Hi Lujayne! Well done for taking time out of your busy evening to check out the website! The Dairy Milk advertisement really does look delicious. I hope that Chris Labrooy’s designs will inspire your poster in some way! Ms. Maire
Dear ms.Maire,
My favourite graphic design was the play and watch one becuase it was super interesting and the message was also something I really loved 😜
Kind regards,Hana
Hi Hana! I’m glad you thought Chris Labrooy’s designs ‘play’ and ‘watch’ were interesting! It is also great that you are thinking about the message he was communicating as well. I hope that his designs will help you as you finish your poster design! Ms. Maire
Hi ms. Maire
My favorite design was the Summer Streets because the lettering was really cool and it was colorful.
Hi Narod! I’m glad that you liked the ‘Summer Streets’ design. The designer uses lots of different sports equipment in this design, which reminds me of the football World Cup poster you are designing. I hope that this helps you think of some more great ideas! Ms. Maire
Dear ms.Marie,
I liked all the Chris Labrooy ‘ s graphic design but the two that I liked most are “Watch” and “Listen” because the messages with the words were really clear about what they wanted to say. Plus, they were so colorful, really interesting and cool.
Kind regards, Ludovica😝
Hi Ludovica! I’m happy that you liked all of Chris Labrooy’s graphic designs! It is great that you have noticed how the words clearly communicate what he wanted to say. I’m sure that your lettering in your poster will also be colourful, interesting and clear! Ms. Maire
Dear Ms.Marie,
I really liked Chris Labrooy’s graphic designs but my favorite one was the Macdonald’s one
Yours sincerely,
Noura
Hi Noura! I’m really glad you checked out Chris Labrooy’s website! The Mcdonalds designs are so colourful, aren’t they? Did you notice what language they are written in? Ms.Maire
I liked the one about British Airways because they showed the places where they could go. The designs were about whats in the country or city.
Hi Khaled! It’s really great that you picked one of the designs we hadn’t looked at in class! I can see that you looked carefully at the design and understood the different symbols Chris Labrooy used – you must know a lot about the different cities and countries of the world! Ms. Maire