[IMC-US] Re: banner drafts

[Ana]

uh oh. design by committee. this is gonna be hard. ;-) 

but the feedback has been great anyway. so thanks for all that. Im working
on a new banner that *tries* to incorporate a lot of what i have heard on
the list so far. but there is obviously a lot of conflicting tastes here.... 

Just for the record, #2 was the clearest choice for me and dan by a long
shot. i think the only negative comment about it so far was the apparent
lack of a feeling of resistance in it. i want to make the case that her
strong eyes pearing out from a flag covering her mouth is very resistancy.
Its a simple but very potent message. And on a busy page, i think a simple
banner will look very elegant.   

Also for the record, erez really liked #3;

but none of us liked collage at all. 

ill try to get #4 out to you all asap. 

ana


Quoting Garth Liebhaber <garthliebhaber at care2.com>:

> Tribal Scribal brought up native american elements, which 
> i like, how can we do this in a good way?  what would be a 
> symbol of native american resistance?  The first thing that 
> came to mind was inclusion of Sitting Bull or Geronimo's 
> image.  I just went to AIM's website (aimovement.org) and 
> found the very sitting bull image.  Perhaps this would 
> work well as a collage element, and if AIM is using it, we 
> would be 'PC'  OKAY, go to this page of their site, I think 
> we would be 'safe': http://www.aimovement.org/ncrsm/
> index.html
> 
> I'm a little leery about an upside down flag, I don't know if 
> a lot of people know that it's a signal of distress...
> 
> I do like finding elements of hopeful resistance...
> 
> g.
> 
> 
> Egads... I'm really not big on the inclusion of the 
> amerikkan flag, even
> if it's as a protestors bandana... I like the collage one, but 
> it doesn't
> to me have any defining symbols of the US... It is 
> important to provide
> some readily recognizable symbols of the US, but I think 
> U$ legal tender
> would be a much better symbol, perhaps a map of some 
> sort... I'd be
> inclined to favor a burning US flag, but I suppose that 
> would alienate a
> lot of folks. Alternately, what about an upside down US 
> flag, which is an
> indication of distress, and shouldn't be interpreted as 
> "anti-American",
> except for by extreme right-wing weirdos, while at the 
> same time not
> alienating those folks who are afraid of indymedia.us 
> becoming some sort
> of pseudo-nationalistic site?
> 
> Peace,
> Brian Szymanski
> ski at indymedia.org
> bks10 at cornell.edu
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