Bruce Mau

I posted this on my class blog and want to keep an archive on it on my personal blog... maybe as part of my thesis work... so here it is.

So I want to share this with you guys because the more I think and think about this poster, the more I realize I want to do something relating to my country, Guatemala. The posters that I have posted below were all made by Bruce Mau Design. Bruce Mau is a canadian designer who now lives in Chicago and goes to many places giving speeches promoting social change. He recently came to Pratt, where he gave a very inspirational speech on how designers have a responsibility to make change happen and to promote social awareness. 

The posters below are part of a campaign Bruce Mau Design worked on for Guatemala. It is a  campaign called, GuateAmala, which means, love Guatemala, or Guate, which is what we call Guatemala :) It is meant to promote progress and love for our country which has had a very long and violent history. In a country like ours there have been many people who have tried to make a change, who then get stomped down by the people who are corrupt and only want to make a change for themselves. Guatemala is a beautiful country full of wonderful people. I really love these posters because of the colors and their energy, they are very descriptive of our country. This has been a very successful campaign in Guatemala, and although we still have corruption, the positive attitude and good people continue to make efforts in order to make changes and help make our country everything it can be.