Final Poster

The lightbulb guide will be produced large scale, in vinyl. There will be no back ground to the print, instead relying on the colour of the wall to provide a background. For this reason I have created a guide with more than one colour way to provide for a light and dark background.The vinyl will look effective mounted onto a wall - removing the boundary that a printed poster has would make the guide have more impact and appear less crowded as there is a lot of text on the poster. Vinyl is not the most cost effective way of producing a print but looks sharper than printing and easier than handpainting due to the small, thin body text. Vinyl cannot really be moved once stuck down, so leaves no room for flexibilty, but it would be easier to remove and reproduce in another place than hand painting.

I have made a feature of the additional lines seperating each boxed section of the components of the bulb. Taking inspiration from the visual research at the start of the project, in particular the excel drawings I created, I included a pattern into the lines, reminiscent of a current or circuit. This broke up the straight lines, adding more interest to the appearance of the poster and also tied in with the subject of the poster well.

For type I needed to make the guide easy to read and clear to follow, so chose sans serif typefaces. I used Steelfish and Bebas Neue for primary and secondary headings, which complimented each other well. Helvetica was used for the text that people would read to get information on the bulb components, as it is simple and perfect for body text.

I have created versions of my print for a light and a dark wall - so different colourways were needed in order for text to be seen. On the white background, all text is black with icons in a dark grey (CMYK 0,0,0,80) whereas on the dark background, the text and icons are white. The two consistent colours are light blue (42,9,0,0 )and yellow (0,0,100,0) which compliment eachother well as well as represent cool and warm light - a component of the bulb featured on the poster. An additional colour was added for the energy saving bulb, green (50,0,100,0)