The Rules of War Plakkatreeks by Mirna Noaman

The Rules of War Plakkatreeks by Mirna Noaman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Silwer in Grafika-, Illustrasie- en Visuele Kommunikasie-ontwerp Competition Category.

SilwerGrafika· 2020

The Rules of War Plakkatreeks

by Mirna Noaman

Client: International Committee of the Red Cross

A' Design Award in Silwer Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About The Rules of War Plakkatreeks

Die Reëls van Oorlog is 'n plakkatreeks oor internasionale humanitêre reg en die reëls van terughoudendheid in gewapende konflik. Die reeks maak hoofsaaklik gebruik van negatiewe ruimte, sonder kleure, vorms of figure wat na enige kant van 'n konflik sou kon verwys. Vier temas stel die gedeelde leerstellings van die internasionale humanitêre reg en die Koran voor. Die plakkate is geskep om hierdie reëls tydens Ramadan nader aan Arabiessprekende en Moslem-gehore te bring. Elke plakkaat meet 1000 by 700 millimeter en is gemaak vir beide gedrukte en digitale gebruik.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Silwer

The Rules of War Plakkatreeks is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Silwer, 'n buitengewoon prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan topklas-, pragtige en indrukwekkende ontwerpe. Wenners in Silwer is geweldig briljante en uiters kreatiewe werke wat die uitstaande kundigheid, talent en skerpsinnigheid van hul ontwerpers illustreer. Daar word verwag dat The Rules of War Plakkatreeks 'n wonderlike vertoonstuk is wat merkwaardig professioneel en diepgaande innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Silwer gewen het, is 'n hoogs noemenswaardige, bewonderde uitvinding wat die grense van kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie bevoordeel en uitbrei. The Rules of War Plakkatreeks is 'n wyd beny skepping wat begeertes oproep, positiewe gevoelens bring en verbasing en verwondering wek.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The thought-provoking poster design series utilizes mostly negative space to illustrative conceptual ideas about the rules of restraint in conflict. The brief entailed to include no colors, shapes, or figures that could point fingers at any sides of warring conflict, and so the use of a neutral but powerful image was the answer.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1000 mm x 700 mm x 200 gm
Tags: Peace, War, Humanitarian, Quraan, Islam, Poster Design, Poster, Conflict
Production Technology: iPad Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quraan, Red Cross Library
Design Challenge: The biggest obstacle creating visuals for a neutral and impartial organization whose communication work directly affects its ability to have the unique access it has to
Research: To kickstart, an observation of the perception of the Red Cross in the Arab region amongst Muslim countries was taken note of, which was that it was a Christian organization that is secular even in providing aid and people were skeptical to donate money to it. Research was conducted on the similarities between International Humanitarian Law, which is essentially the mandate of Red Cross, and Quraan, which is in some sense the "mandate" of the aforementioned audience. The similarities were very clear and directly instructed, and therefore, four themes were identified to be visualized.
Inspiration: Created for the worst of times, International Humanitarian Law preserves the core of our common humanity. However, with the amount of shocking violations to it nowadays, its capacity to provide real protections for the victims of today's complex armed conflicts has been in question by many. To bring international humanitarian law closer to Arab speaking audiences and Muslim communities during Ramadan, this set of posters was created to stir conversation and communicate the very similar teachings of International Humanitarian Law and Islam.
Project Duration: This project was created during the month of May 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
Operation Flow: These posters are designed to live both in printed and digital form. On social media platforms belonging to Red Cross, the posters garnered great relevance to the audience, and was shared widely. With people supporting the messages of peace and being in favor of promoting humanitarian values.
Patents: Copyrights belong to the International Committee of the Red Cross, 2019.
Team Members: Mirna Noaman
Salma Nasrallah
Safaa Abdelbaky
Ahmad Al Dawoody
Martin Unternaehrer
Image Credits: Illustrator / Creative Director: Mirna Noaman