Design 21: Social Design Network

I like this approach a lot. Simple drawing, easy to grasp. Just make sure the bike doesn't look the the bus just ran over it. Plenty of room for a message, too, which could add color, texture, and reinforce the content of your poster.

Nice image, well handled. But I think you may want to think about what it says. Don't assume that everyone is in cars in the world's cities; public transportation is often the only way to get around, or walking. Are you saying "take the bus"? But they're already piled on the bus like sardines in many cities. Do a bit of research on how people get around.

Simple, real, dramatic, I get it at a glance. Words and image work together. You may want to work with the copy some more to give it more zing and clarity.

What does this image say about urban health and its relationship to community building? Think about coming across this image in a dense, poor urban neighborhood, what do you see? I would be reminded of being in a city, but your poster doesn't need to tell me what I already know.

Nice idea to use the familiar bodega as the center of community. What are those flying fruits supposed to communicate? The background image a strong, don't muck it up with hard-to-interpret abstractions. What do you want to say? Let's build community around a familiar, already communal place?

Nice, simple, but it's hard to read house forms, still. I don't understand what you are doing--what's the red dot? and where will the type go? This needs words and some pretty compelling ones about building community. You may want to look at attitudes toward community in some specific world city, and design to that. As is, the design looks like the American suburban diaspora, and we're talking about urban health.

This seems a bit more dramatic than the previous such treatment, but I still have the same criticism. Now that I see the type--it's way too small,obscure, doesn't explain or support the image.

Very interesting idea. But I did not understand that I was looking at houses until I looked at the image for a while. A poster doesn't work that way. It's quick urban communication on the fly. If I have to stand and figure it out, most likely I won't get your message. The house grid and the electric grid combined are on the right track, but the concept needs more work to be made clear, simple, dramatic.

Yes, visual pollution is awful, but it's not a public health issue. Let's not give it the same gravity as environmental pollution which can poison and kill living creatures. Rethink your choice of imagery.

Your pipes--if all three projects I've seen so far with this theme are the same person's--are beginning to look interesting. Getting up close works, maybe even closer would work better.