Mental disorders visualized in six minimalist posters

[pokerfan]

Mental and neurological disorders are hard enough to explain in words, but how about with just a few blocks of color? Graphic designer Patrick Smith tries to capture an impressionistic sense of some serious illnesses with his minimalist designs. Smith created these posters in the hope that they might be used for a mental health awareness campaign.



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[Cirque du So-What]

1. The 'OCD' poster

with the single misaligned cube drives me crazy just by looking at it.

[pokerfan]

3. Well, there you go

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Yep

I've made great strides since childhood in conquering most of the obsessions and compulsions that plagued my every waking hour, but it still creeps into some corners of my consciousness even today. In my work, I occasionally have to fight a tendency to linger on unimportant details.

[roguevalley]

10. I have a problem with stoves being off, stuff being straight, stowing tons of stuff

because it might be needed later. I am now paring down and its hard and purifying at the same time. I also lock and unlock doors. Minor and very controllable stuff.

[hlthe2b]

2. I think the OCD one gets the point across...

I have to admit being bothered by that one.

[ladywnch]

4. very nice. I never thought about these in this way. it really seems to make these conditions more

real.....making them 'concrete' makes it easier to modify them.......at least for me.....

[cbayer]

6. I think these are great.

They deliver some serious impact, imo. The one you chose is particularly effective.

[pokerfan]

7. That one is related to my fear of public speaking

Even when working from prepared statements, I start thinking about all these eyes looking at me and thinking about how I'm coming across instead of what I'm saying. That's why I like to get to the Q&As where for some reason, I'm much more comfortable.

[cbayer]

8. Me, too. I spent an entire night retching in a hotel bathroom before

making my first statements in front of a large crowd.

It definitely got easier over time, but never went away.

And I totally agree about the Q & A's. So much easier for me, too.

[pokerfan]

9. I think it's because it's unnatural

to just stand there and speak for five, ten, twenty minutes straight. There's no feedback. It's an unnatural form of communication. There's no back and forth. It's even worse when I start trying to guage the reception by reading facial expressions. Did that person in the third row just roll his eyes? What did I say? Should I go back and address that? Then my mind just starts spinning off in all directions and I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say next.

The Q&A is much more natural as it's more like a conversation.