Thoughts | Is this the right topic?

After the briefing yesterday, I was thrown into a bit of doubt on whether my research subject was strong enough. I often try to look at too many things, which can sometimes make it hard to focus a project down to something specific.

The main points so far have been the following:

> POSTERS as a platform for visual messages
> POSTERS as a form of public art and their accessibility (out in the streets, etc)
> with visual references of POLISH POSTERS and WILLEM SANDBERG

However I worry about this becoming a really dry subject, focusing too much on design specifics and the ins-and-outs of communicative image making? (e.g. a lot of rule following)

For someone who enjoys drawing, I'm struggling to see how I can integrate this into my research.

Aspects of my research conflict in some ways, for instance looking at HIGH-BROW (museums and galleries, cultural institutions) with LOW-BROW / LO-FI illustration, which is what I personally enjoy. Do these work side by side?

And as a result, the ideas of SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION (clear and concise designs, appealing to a mass-audience, understood by all) and slightly OFF-KILTER IMAGE-MAKING (avant-garde visual art, nonsensical tones, sometimes a bit alienating) which is much more cryptic, inciting intrigue rather than being too straight forward?

I made this diagram to try and see if all of these loose threads can connect together properly, but I'm not sure.

Maybe to switch this up into a more interesting way, instead of looking at "correct" design, I could look at references, movements, practitioners, sources that subvert communication design and image making? e.g. David Carson's type work...(but try not to make it too graphic design-based)

For now, I will continue to gather various sources of information that I think are relevant and interesting, and hopefully in the peer sessions next week, people can tell me whether or not I've went overboard and if it makes sense.