Lecture: Print

When something is printed it is seen as factual and true. Similar effects have been around since the age of cavemen, but as a practice began in east Asia and spread across the world. It is a form of communicating information: mass communication.
Definition: the process of reproducing text and image from one material to another using ink.

There are many different types of print; the possibility is endless. Some examples:

• screen print
• lino print
• printing press
• laser printing
• inkjet printing

Shephard Fairey took this print of wrestler Andre the Giant and turned it into his own iconic image for  his street art. In gaining recognition, it became the icon for OBEY, the clothing company.

Since this, he designed campaign posters for Obama in a similar style: