Case Study: Traveling Stanzas
Client
Wick Poetry Center
Project
Traveling Stanzas
Duration
2009–2013
Description
Traveling Stanzas was started in 2009 in an effort to promote awareness of poetry and graphic design within the community. This project is distinct and special in its approach; community-centered and educationally oriented, it is as much about the process, collaboration and educational outreach as it is about the products.
Traveling Stanzas is a collaboration between С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Wick Poetry Center and the student-run Glyphix design studio. It combines the creative talents of С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Visual Communication Design students with original poems by area student writers, grades 3-12, to promote awareness of poetry and graphic design within the community. Traveling Stanzas is a program that brings illustrated poems to various community locations including Starbucks, PARTA and Akron METRO busses and now to posters and greeting cards on sale for consumer purchase.