Golden Retro Festival is an event where people of any age are welcome. The theme of this event is 80s retro arcade games such as Super Mario, Pacman, Tetris, Qbert and much more. This event helps both adults and kids unwind from their work/school life over the weekend. The adults gets a trip down memory lane whereas kids get to discover new games in their life! The event hires vendors who sells amazing food and games. We even have some entertainment prepared for you!
Final Artwork consists of:-
- A3 Poster
- Staff Pass
- Coupons/Receipts
- Tote Bag
POSTER DESIGN (ADVERTISEMENT)
For the A3 poster, I’ve decided to play along the lines of the starting screen to a video game. As this collateral is an advertisement to gather people’s attention, the concept of a starting screen gives the idea that the target audience are about to enter an exciting game themselves.
STAFF PASS
I’ve used the background of iconic games for the staff pass. Even without the characters, the games can be distinguishable at a single glance. I also realized how most backgrounds from retro arcade games make up a good pattern illustration.
COUPON/TICKETS
For the tickets, they will get it alongside with the receipt of purchase. With these coupons, they will have to gather a certain amount to get a free gift from the official event booth. It has a similar concept to collecting tickets from playing video games at the arcade and then redeeming a price once a certain amount is collected.
Each coupon can only be redeemed once (barcode).
TOTEBAG (MERCHANDISE)
I’ve decided to infuse both local slang and retro video games together. The term “lepak” means to slack. In another, people come to this festival to relax, destress and enjoy themselves. This is one of the redeemable merchandise customer can get at the official booth.
Reflection:
All in all, I’ve really enjoyed designing for this assignment as it is something way out of my comfort zone. Being someone who plays arcade games a lot when I was younger, doing this project definitely brought me down in memory lane. If given a longer duration, I might even come up with more merchandise designs!