[Street] Sticker design - persistent visual imagery that links a community
Shivani Kaul
kauliette at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 16:52:33 EST 2011
Thanks for the enthusiasm, Kevin, Ben, Matthew.
Happy to send on the design! Attached a .jpeg of what Justin (amazing
artist friend) finalized last night.
We'll ask around for a printing cost estimate and will write up a proposal
for funding to present to a working group. As for stickers - we've been
working on that as well :) As have others, I think - in November I saw
emails floating around about bumper stickers. Definitely feasible, as well
as eye-catching!
The website: a simple but powerful suggestion. Justin raised one small
issue: including a URL on the business sign might be too political or too
strong a stance for local shops that want to express support from the
sidelines. A slogan sign might be easier to disseminate in this particular
case - though in future, the URL and #hashtags are essential for more
involved signage (lots more to come, don't worry!).
respect, and in all solidarity -
Shivani
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Kevin Maley <kevinmaley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Shivani
>
> This is awesome, thanks for working on this. It may go without saying but
> can we make sure the website is on those designs, so people know how to get
> in touch? I've had a surprising number of people ask me if Occupy Boston
> has a website and what the URL for that is
>
> thanks
>
> Kevin
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Ben Janos <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Shivani,
>> That's amazing! I'm so glad that you guys are already working on this!
>> Those vintage signs sound awesome.
>>
>> What do you (or other people) think about the other sticker ideas? Are
>> they possible? I'm not a visual artist, so I probably can't make them
>>
>> As far as resources being used for printing, you'd have to go through a
>> working group, to request funds from FAWG, but I'm sure that it wouldn't be
>> a problem. Likewise for distribution, I'm sure there will be people that
>> want to distribute them. like, for example... ME! :D
>>
>> Super fantastic!
>> Ben
>>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>> LOVE IT!!! Can we take a look at the design as it evolves?
>>
>> Thank You!
>>
>> Matthew Krawitz
>> (617) 909-7338
>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Shivani Kaul <kauliette at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Ben!
>>>
>>> An artist friend and I have been working on several Occupy projects,
>>> including a placard design for supportive local businesses to display
>>> proudly in their storefronts: "Join us! We're the 99%." (in the vein of
>>> vintage "Come In! We're open" signs). So happy to hear the powwow with OWS
>>> yielded a similar notion : ) We should be able to finalize on the design
>>> this week, and were planning to contact small shops about displaying them
>>> soon.
>>>
>>> It would be great to have help on the distribution side - and the
>>> printing side if possible (we're trying to see if we can get a discount or
>>> donation at local printshops and somehow finance it ourselves--were not
>>> sure if there were resources available for this).
>>>
>>> And thanks for sending on these notes! Fittingly exciting ideas for
>>> exciting times.
>>>
>>> with peace and warmth -
>>> Shivani
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 12/13/11, Ben Janos <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Ben Janos <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Occupybostonoutreach] Ideas from brainstorming with #OWS
>>> To: Occupybostonoutreach at lists.occupyboston.org,
>>> street at lists.occupyboston.org
>>> Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 9:15 AM
>>>
>>> hey y'all,
>>> ?
>>> Last night I had a really exciting conversation with Amity who is from
>>> Outreach from #OWS. We shared ideas and what we have been doing. They've
>>> been doing some cool stuff that really got me thinking, and some of the
>>> stuff we have been doing are things they haven't thought about. Most
>>> importantly, they want to collaborate with our outreach group and possibly
>>> set up a conference call with members from both Occupies to share ideas.
>>>
>>> ?
>>> so here are some things they have done which I think are awesome
>>> ?
>>> 1) Stickers. Three kinds to be shown around town. "We support the 99%"
>>> for business, "Homes for the 99%" for houses and simply ones that say "99%"
>>> for cars. if we had these stickers distributed around town there would be a
>>> cohesions which would be great for creating a sense of community. The store
>>> in Fields Corner would have the same sticker as the one on Newbury Street.
>>>
>>> ?
>>> 2) Door-to-Door Canvassing before events in neighborhoods, especially
>>> Foreclosure actions. That way the neighbors know we are coming and that
>>> there may be some activists around. Also, something that they found in #OWS
>>> was that when they did that, when they came to those areas, the neighbors
>>> had put up signs showing their support, which was uplifting. Additionally,
>>> this could be a way to get some organization that do a lot of door-to-door
>>> canvassing in those neighborhoods (ESWA, for example) to get more involved
>>> with us. Also, distribution of above mentioned stickers. Could we do this
>>> in preparation for this week's CLVU actions?
>>>
>>> ?
>>> 3) Occupy your Neighborhood. Sounds like something like this is kinda in
>>> the works with "Occupy the Winter" but basically this was simply that?we
>>> would contact local organizations and offer our services to them. Instead
>>> of asking what they can do for us, we would ask them what we can do for
>>> them, help with some events, bring people, etc... The idea would be to
>>> strengthen our relationships with the local community organizations.
>>>
>>> ?
>>> 4) NEW YEARS EVE. Can we please have a New Years Party? We've all gotten
>>> to know each other so well over the last few months, and I know a lot of
>>> people feel that this is a family, and it is in a sense. We can either do
>>> something positive for the People of Boston, such as having a Occu-Party in
>>> the commons, but I wouldn't mind having an indoor space where we can all
>>> get together, enjoy each others company and dance until god-knows-when.
>>> There also could be a little video camera, or roving livestream asking
>>> people what their hopes for the new year are, what they want the movement
>>> to accomplish in 2012 etc...
>>>
>>> ?
>>> 5) ACTIONS! Obviously this is already in the works, but because we no
>>> longer have a camp we need to be doing actions all the time. Small ones,
>>> big ones, ones that are cute, ones that are disruptive, ones that stay for
>>> a long time, ones that are gone in a day or a few hours.
>>>
>>> ?
>>> There's other stuff too, but those are more direct action oriented and
>>> I'd rather talk about those in person.
>>> ?
>>> Ben
>>>
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