Sustainability Tip – 8.5 x 11 Poster

For this project, you will be designing an 8.5″ x 11″ sustainability tip poster for a sustainable topic of your choice. These posters are for the Western Sustainability Department. They will be used to help educate students, faculty, and staff on how we can live a more Earth-friendly, greener lifestyle.

These posters will be displayed in the Union Market behind the recycling bins:

Grading checklist

  • Design one sustainability tip poster
  • Choose the message for your tip from the list below, or create your own. Make sure it’s something you can integrate into your life today.
  • 8.5″ x 11″ (you may use the poster template below)
  • Software: Use Illustrator, draw in vector, CMYK, 300 ppi

Messages to choose from

  • Please recycle correctly. Empty all containers before recycling
  • Please recycle correctly. No food or liquid in recycling
  • Please recycle correctly. Aluminum cans (emptied), tin cans (emptied), plastic bottles, and paper, can all be recycled.
  • Skip the straw
  • Walk or bike to school and reduce your carbon footprint
  • Use reusable water and hot beverage cups
  • Take 5-minute showers
  • Understand one new perspective today
  • Become a lifelong learner and change your world
  • Exercise every day to improve your physical and mental health
  • Practice 3 random acts of kindness today

Poster Template – Adobe Illustrator

Use this template, or design your own 8.5″ x 11″ layout.

sustainability_tip_poster_template_8.5×11.ai.zipDownload

Remember what makes a great infographic poster

  • Small chunks of information
  • Mostly graphics, few words
  • One emphasized header and or fact
  • Branded with a consistent, contemporary, illustration style
  • Consistent background design
  • Consistent branding
  • Use only as much type as needed. More art/ images are better
  • Focus on one concept with your infographic slide
  • Only use 1–2 typefaces
  • Create a color scheme with 3–5 colors
  • Deliver your facts in small chunks
  • Use a contemporary design and illustration style

Inspirational Illustration styles

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Print your work for your Client

  1. Make a PDFx (2001) of your final poster (be sure to add trim marks)
  2. Print two final posters on Tabloid Oversize (12×18)
  3. Cut them down using the trim marks so the final size is 8.5″ x 11″

Student Examples

These examples are horizontal, yours will be vertical and 8.5″ x 11″.