Poster for the ICRC 7 Principles in Humanitarian Work Art-Placate competition
As part of my class, I came up with the principle of «Unity» and a hobby to help me with the design, so my inspiration was the black-and-white model-assembly instructions, where, at the beginning, different details are combined into one complete design. «Unity» is the principle that there can be only one, only Red Cross society in each country.
In the poster, each letter of the word «Unity» has been implemented as a separate part of the mechanism. They are all different in shape — steps, stitches, holes, or arrows that indicate where they are to stand.
Individually, they are different, but together they form a single coherent system where each element is important. It’s a «Eternal Engine» where it’s important that everything stays in place and fulfils its function. After all, remove one letter, just a detail — and the word falls apart, the «mechanism» doesn’t work.
Also, the Red Cross: in different countries, it may look a little different, and it involves very different people; in each country, they form their own unique society. But it is they who, united and united, create the very same and functioning organization that has been helping people around the world for almost two centuries. After all, the Red Cross is primarily about people burning up to help others.
