This is a post card for the Arapahoe Community College Graphic Design art exhibit. I didn't design the postcard. If you look down the right side you can see the designers copyright info. If you read my blog regularly and you look closely the top puzzle piece should look familiar though. It's my 5 words typography project. It turns out that when the postcard was being designed someone came down and took pictures in the Graphic Design Department. My 5 words project was - and still is- hanging on the wall. It seems that it was in one of the pictures and made it to the postcard.
I didn't know anything about this until I told my instructor that I was thinking about mounting the black and the white note side-by-side and entering them. He said that would be cool since the one was on the postcard. I had no idea what he was talking about so we went down to his office and he gave me one. As a designer I suppose I should be upset that some one used my work without my permission. I have to say though that I am so thrilled that it spoke to someone enough that they want to use it this way that I just can't get upset. I think it is totally amazing !!! Plus since it's being used to promote the school that's totally cool.
I am also going to enter some of my work in the show. I'm going to enter the two 5 words designs mounted together ( 5 words 3/8/08), the Ocean Picture ( Colorizing the Ocean 1/29/08), the Halloween Poster (In Honor of The King of Horror 1/22/08), and my final photoshop project (Contest Entry 1/8/08). Hopefully at least one will get in. I don't think I'll know for a while what made the cut and what didn't. The entry deadline is April 14th and the show starts April 17th. Even if none of my pieces make it in I am over the moon about the postcard. I'll keep you posted (LOL).
3 comments:
That's cool. As far as using your art, well, you want more attention on your art, so it's only good. Besides that it's been heavily re-worked so it's not your whole work but a small derivative.
Good luck with the contest.
That is really totally awesome that they used your work on the postcard. If I were you though, I'd give them a gentle admonishment about using without your permission. They most definitely committed plagiarism, even if they did rework it a little as Bryan mentioned. Anyways, that's so cool!
Kim
likely you should have been informed before they used it, but it seems that work you did for school being used by the school is likely an allowable use. since it wasn't copyrighted beforehand, it would take a hefty amount of funding to prove material was stolen. the effort would depend on if and how much someone got paid for it. and if they charge for those post cards. no real law knowledge so this IS opinion. glad someone liked your work enough to use it for school advertising ( of some sort) but not so happy that nobody informed you they were going to use it, or even asked your opinion.
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