Day 93: Where You Are

Designers are shaped by where they live: the signage, the architecture, the light, the language, the noise. Making work about your place connects your practice to something specific and real, and specificity is what makes a voice recognisable.

Objective. Root your work in the specifics of a real place.

Design a poster celebrating your city, town or neighbourhood, using details only a local would know.

• Include at least three details only locals would recognise
• Avoid tourist landmarks
• Use your own photographs, drawings or recordings as sources

• Specific, local details
• An authentic sense of place
• Avoids tourist clichés

Interview a neighbour and include something they told you.