TORONTO—Sheridan College illustration students have designed a series of icons to demonstrate the power of illustration. Partnering for the second time with Rethink Communications of Vancouver, students were asked to finish the sentence: Illustrators have the power to… — and then design an icon to explain their statement.
 

The result is a pictographic font collection, including an exploding paint can, a launching rocket and shattered glasses, which aims to capture today’s society. 

“We live in an intensely noisy visual culture and especially now with complex problems and complicated issues staring us in the face, it seemed the right time to poke them right in the eye,” said program coordinator Joe Morse, in a released statement. “The message from these young creatives is that the power of art is ideas, and ideas will light the path ahead of us.”

Students have used the font to create a number of limited edition t-shirts, posters and buttons, for sale at Swipe Books in Toronto leading up to the students’ graduate show on April 23. Contact: illustrate.sheridanc.on.ca