Through extensive research about each material, I learned about the origins and ethics of the material. For leather, my personal discovery was about the PETA leather advertisements. PETA had created bags with animal print patterning in protest of the use of leather in major designer companies. On the inside of the protest bags were the bloodied insides of the animals used to make leather products. For satin, I discovered that satin is not a raw material, but rather a basic weaving technique. Satin can be woven out of silk, nylon, polyester, or cotton. For bubble wrap, a surprising discovery I made was that bubble wrap was first invented as textured wallpaper. However, as few actually wanted this textured wallpaper, its function fluctuated from wallpaper to greenhouse insulation to packaging device.

Bridge 4 was a challenging project to do because this was my first time making anything in graphic design. Trying to figure out how to balance the information while still making it visually appealing stumped me. Aesthetic wise, I tried pulling the three posters together based on format: the textured image on one side of the poster, heavy information on the other side, and an attempted unifying color theme.

Improving on this project, I would add more visual elements and less text. For the leather poster, I would push the anti-leather and pro-leather arguments through visual communication over textual communication. For the satin and bubble wrap posters, pushing for a more design narrative than textual narrative.