No Date Rape

A typographic expression towards the concept of No Date Rape. The two fonts used were Univers and Horrendous.

Radical Idea 3: Same-sex Xi

In the Chinese tradition, the twin Xi3 is a character used in the celebration of marriages. The character is used on wall posters, cards, even on the food to bring happiness to the newlyweds - a male and a female. In China, the homosexual culture is neglected in the law making. The current Chinese government policy is: no approval, no unapproval, no promotion. Through some extensive research, it seems that even the emperor of ancient china experienced erotic play with the same-sex, and non of the chinese religions opposed strongly to homosexuality. It is only until the cultural revolution came did homosexuality become a "negative" behavior.

Through typography, I've played around with the Xi3 character and merged the concept of same-sex marriage into the Chinese language. Hopefully China will become more familiar with and stop putting a blind eye towards the current culture.

Radical Idea 2: Merry Marijuana Day

The legalization of marijuana has been an on-going campaign to end pot prohibition by the Marijuana Party of Canada. After backpacking in Amsterdam, I came to a conclusion about drugs and halluinogens. And that is - because of the law, marijuana is labled as bad since it is categorized "illegal". I think it would be fair if marijuana was on the same terms as tobacco regarding law issues. That way the law enforcers have more time to deal with real issues like murders and robbery instead of "where did you get your weed from?" And with marijuana legalized and easier to access, marijuana becomes cheaper so addicts won't have to resort to theft or robbery. Furthermore, financial-wise, marijuana can become a huge business opportunity for British Columbia.

So I propose the design solution: Merry Marijuana Day, celebrating the plant cannabis like a holiday. If we start treating marijuana like a gift, instead of something illegal just because the law maker decided not to legalize it, will our views shift and change. So in the spirit of giving, I've created a seasonal Merry Marijuana Day wrapping paper.

PHASE 1
The phase one of the design solution is to bring the audience the good aspects of marijuana. Thus I re-created an advertisement in the parking ticket format as both the form and the content dealt with law and order of Canada. The tickets are then placed as parking tickets on the windshield of various cas on Broadway and its side streets. The use of bright pink paper will bring awareness to drivers as to whats on the windshield; they will likely to be fooled as if it was a real parking ticket until further indepth reading - which is the goal. The design is to mimick the current parking tickets with bad kerning and word spacing while bringing across the advertising of Merry Marijuana Day.

Radical Idea 1: Assassinate Bush Game

President Bush has killed countless civilian lives when attempting to capture Saddam in the current war. Inspired by protestors' slogan "Bush lied, children died", I've recreated a simulation of the war in the form of a game. Because we are better people, this time, when assassinating President Bush, we are not to kill the innocent people. With darts as missiles, aiming for a target with risks of hitting the innocent lives, we should reexamine our "war" on terrorists.