POSTER DESIGN PROJECT TOPICS

Poster Design 1

Select a subject such as a zoo or a museum and create a promotional poster.

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Give the poster a title and also include the following text on your poster design: Name of museum or zoo, logo, location, hours, prices, etc.

Poster Design 2

Create a promotional travel poster for a city in the US or Europe.

Find photographs to include that visually promote this city.

Give the poster a title, such as the cities name and/or slogan and include the following text on your poster design: City name, slogan, etc.  

Example

Poster Design 3

Create a promotional concert poster for a musician or musical group performing at the House of Blues in Chicago or another concert venue.

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Include the following text on your poster design: Music group name, dates, times, price, venue address, etc.

Poster Design 4

Create a promotional poster for a performance. This performance could be a play, dance recital, or music recital. It could be from here at school.

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Include the following text on your poster design: Performance name, date, time, and ticket price, venue address, etc.

Example

Poster Design 5

Create a promotional poster for an art exhibition. This exhibition could be a show that is coming to The Art Institute of Chicago. Go to there web site and check out upcoming exhibitions @ http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/index.html

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Include the following text on your poster design: Artist’s name, date, time, and ticket price, venue address, etc.

Poster Design 6

Select an existing product or service (i.e. nike shoes, or hair salon) and develop an advertising poster for this company.

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Include the following text on your poster design: Company name, logo, slogan, locations, etc.

Example Hair Salon

Poster Design 7

Create a movie poster for a fictitious movie or completely redesign a real movie poster that includes all text elements required for a movie poster. (See below)

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Include the following text on your poster design: Movie title, main actors, director, other material located at the bottom of a movie poster, etc.

Poster Design 8

Create a promotional poster for a television show. (i.e. WWE Raw, MTV’s The Real World)

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Include the following text on your poster design: Show name, network channel, times, etc.

Poster Design 9

Select either the Chicago Blues festival or the Chicago Jazz festival and create a promotional poster for this event.

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Include the following text on your poster design: Festival name, location, date, time and prices.

Example 

Poster Design 10

Create a promotional poster design to showcase the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Find photographs that best convey the ideas behind your chosen subject.

Include the following text on your poster design: Hall of Fame logo, location, etc.  

Example