Wahlkampf in Südafrika…

Übermorgen machen die Wahllokale in Südafrika auf.
Wer einen Blick auf die Wahlplakate werfen will, wird bei 10and5.com bestimmt fündig.
Und Überraschung gibt’s auch. Wer sagt, die National Party hätte sich aufgelöst, wurde in diesem Wahlka……

[...] The NP back and contesting the elections? via 10and5.com [...]

Rad collection guys.

wow this is impressive!

The use of colour is also quite interesting, actually a much bigger range than I expected. Also interesting to see the print quality on some of those posters. The ones that fade so quickly are an instant fail i think…

Nice list!

Hahaha Andrew! I can’t imagine someone would have put that up!

Marc- it’s very interesting, but also, lot’s of the posters up along Camps Bay and Sea Point were being nailed by the weather.

The AZAPO posters were probably the shoddiest – they were just wheat pastes on to normal cardboard. Very low budget!

Starnge how it all plays a role, up here in Jozi, the FF posters are fading badly, along with the ANC ones. DA’s are lasting well.
I would expect the parties to think of shit like this? The COP billboards up here are mostly red, quite an eyeful.

Some really ugly designs in some of those.

Who the heck is the UP?

DA’s blue posters are probably the most striking, not just the colour, but the use of space, the large people figures and the minimal, bold text.

Cope’s logo looks like a target that is training towards Alan’s head – very cluttered and the red makes me nervous. It makes me think of snipers and blood. The white poster hardly attracts attention, almost like one of Die Burger’s headline posters – except not as interesting.

The ANCs posters are simple and to the point, very recognisable, but the posters look like they were made at the party’s inception almost 100 years ago. New ANC, new posters – that would be my first thought.

UP’s posters look like an old faded page from one of those 1980’s Women’s Values that my mom refused to throw out. The empty arms and bewildered look really doesn’t instil confidence. So many elements and small words, they’re obviously aiming their message at pedestrians who can stop and squint and not people on the move flashing past.

The IFP’s Oupa is reassuring – he looks welcoming. Pity about the unfortunate placement of the cable tie right through his forehead. And then their logo reminds me of a motor oil.

The NP – we’re back? O.M.G.! And PAM’s Thami ka Plaatjie loses the educated vote with a double whammy: moveMMent and caneLL. Maybe there’s a subliminal message hidden in there somewhere.

Good effort on collecting all of these – has museum potential

@Mustaq I agree to a point, but the print bill was more than likely the biggest cost? I know plenty designers and design agencies that would not charge THAT much for a decent design. It’s like the difference between a R500 design and a R20K design. On a bill of R1m or more, that kind of cost cutting should never happen. More like cutting corners.

Mustaq, maybe we should hold an election competition! Design a poster for the political party that you think needs it most!

Sounds like a great idea. If Obama’s poster campaign was anything to go by, then we should see some interesting work. Those were beautiful.

Who needs it the most? Well…

I would be interesting to use the same copy though. Like the death penalty stuf from the NP and the Cancell typo from the PAM.

Yep, and maybe we don’t have to wait until the next election, we can do mockups if that’s allowed/acceptable.

Strange how the IFP posters had either the logo or Buthelezi but not both together….

Hey Mustaq, we had a think about it, but we realise that we kinda left it till too late! Seeing that the post happened only 1 or 2 days before the election.

That’s not a bad idea, I’ll run it past a couple of people and see what we can do!