Polytechnic and design, Vol. 8 No. 3, 2020.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.19279/TVZ.PD.2020-8-3-01
ACTIVIST POSTERS "LET'S REBUILD ZAGREB AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE" WORKS OF STUDENTS OF TECHNICAL POLYTECHNIC IN ZAGREB
Ulla Leiner Maksan
; Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Jana Žiljak Gršić
; Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Lana Peternel
; Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Zorana Andrić
; Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper presents student posters on the topic
"Let's rebuild Zagreb" created after the earthquake
as part of the course "Practicum in Design" at
the Technical Polytechnic in Zagreb. The works
were designed by students during distance
learning under the mentorship of prof.dr.sc.
Jane Žiljak Gršić and Ulla Leiner Maksan, mag.
des. in a period of its own confrontation with
the consequences of a devastating earthquake,
destroyed homes and forced relocation. Also,
measures to combat the Covid-19 virus pandemic
were in place at the time. The students presented
their ideas and personal experiences of the
destroyed city in posters in accordance with the
design guidelines of the activist poster. The results
indicate three basic phenomena in the works:
a) love for the city, b) criticism of the reactions
of the competent institutions, c) the need for
rapid reconstruction of the city. In the displayed
and exhibited posters of second-year students
of Information Design, there is an activist and
critical attitude towards the expressed negligence
and slow reconstruction of the capital of the
Republic of Croatia after the earthquake. Like
the entire student population, the authors of these
posters themselves are a vulnerable population
group in this situation as they are faced with
leaving student dormitories. Through an activist
poster, the students expressed their attitude
and desire for more efficient operation of city
institutions and state government institutions.
The posters were created by their desire for faster
renewal, not by direct commercial order.
Keywords
Student activist poster; earthquake in Zagreb; poster design
Hrčak ID:
255949
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Publication date:
1.12.2020.
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