ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES GRAPHIC DESIGN RESEARCH PRINT DESIGN
In my junior year of my Integrated Design program I studied the potential benefits of propolis through the fabrication of a fabric plant pot. Propolis is a byproduct that honeybees create as glue for their hives. When honey is harvested by beekeepers, they often will harvest some of the propolis as well. Propolis has been found to have varying anti-bacterial and anti-oxidant effects on human health. I was introduced to propolis through another course I took junior year called Honeybee Colonies where we studied the entymolygy of honeybees and culture and history of beekeeping. The main component of this project was the hand-woven plant pot, however I wanted to come up with an inventive and beautiful way to present my research for this project as well. To do so, I created these five honeycomb shaped posters that I planned to have sit beneath my pot on presentation day. For their graphic design I was inspired by the fonts and imagery used on historical honey packaging, as well as one of my personal favorite graphic design eras, Constructivism.