VIsa For A dream

Project Designed by Diego Tengono

1ProposalWhat its all About....................................................................................................... The Real Problem......................................................................................................... Knowing the Existing facts....................................................................................... The Statement of Intention.......................................................................................

ProcessRoughs and Thumbnails......................................................................................... Logo Exploration..................................................................................................... Preliminaries............................................................................................................ T-shirt Production.................................................................................................. Container Production...........................................................................................

BrandingTypefaces.............................................................................................................Logo Scaling......................................................................................................Logo Variation.................................................................................................Colour Palette..................................................................................................Promotional.....................................................................................................Advertising.....................................................................................................

DesignOrganizing the Thoughts.........................................................................Contract.......................................................................................................Progress Tracking....................................................................................Expectations.............................................................................................Taking it to the Next Level..................................................................

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4T his project is to study the immigration in Canada and the complications and obstacles that all newcomer

teenagers have to go through to get closer to a dream

that is hoped to be reached in a their country that they will

call home. By asking people who have been in Canada for

a certain period of time, who came as teenagers and have

experienced everything first hand and have already worked

the issue out by finding a career that seemed rushed decision

due to the circumstances, instead of well elaborated career path.

The reason I want to study this, is to create a community

of immigrants that want the situation for newcomers to

improve by informing the Canadian government about the

issues that new teenagers overcome them, to at least get into

a course that is possible for them and that their credits and

requirements fulfill. A common opinion in people whom

have already lives for a couple of years in Canada and whom

arrived as teenagers seems to be constant; most of then

instead of going to school for what they wanted, they ended

up taking a career that applied to the credits they had and

ended up choosing a career that seemed easy. The reason

for the making of this decision is due to stress to fit in,

lack, of attention to their problems, insufficient funds to pay

a better career.

This will benefit society by informing the directives and

make them realize that the way that immigrants who arrive to

Canada arent being supported in the way that should be done,

and should improve the guidance according to the person

instead of assuming that what all which one person wants is

the best for everybody else; by doing these improvements,

the economy of Canada will be enhanced since the

competitiveness in many areas will raise and will also make

the lifestyle better for all.

This area of study is different to all the others, because

contrary to what is already out there, which its been done

by only studies and surveys with bias, and also directed to

immigrants, this will be seeing by the eyes of immigrants

directed to the government, to aware that due to the

inconvenient and lack of guidance upon their arrival, young

immigrants see themselves forced to change their plans to

adjust the Canadian lifestyle.

5Currently there is nothing informing the government about how the immigrants feel about the guidance and support being working for the incomers; the only guidance there is, its only directed to immigrants and its the web-site for Immigration Canada, directing people who are planning to come to Canada about the requirements, how to apply for permits, licenses, visas and paperwork, directed to adults; as for the younger people such as teenagers, they are being overlooked

and not taken in mind as for what they are going to be living in a new country with a new culture

Something else that government is missing is the importance put in the knowledge

that teenagers might bring from their country since due to some lack of

practise with the language might result in misunderstanding of information for

the person, making them seem to be in a lower level in school, holding students back, and forcing them to go through curses again, prolonging their period of study.

The lack of guidance during high school is the main issue for young immigrants since for high school students the time seems to be running backwards adding

pressure in what career to chooseThe classes should be instead

of making it easier for the student, should be directed to what the

student wants to take afterwards, improving the help that will be needed

to achieve an average and goal for the student. Not only school and change of

culture is an issue, the so called Canadian experience is an issue as well for immigrating

teenagers, since the short period of living doesnt allow enough time to create this experience, which is required in many jobs.

The need for the government to keep in mind teenagers who enter Canada, is to improve their stay, education and decisions to be taken in this country supporting them in what their dreams are, since teenagers are the future, and in their hands is the prosperity of the country.

6Canada

is know as

a very dive

rse country

populated w

ith many d

ifferent cul

tures and

ethnicity f

rom all ove

r the world

and even

thought tha

t by the ec

onomic situ

ation that c

ountries

are going th

rough, Can

ada is one o

f the count

ries

that isnt p

lanning to

avoid imm

igrants to a

rrive,

Canada p

lans to wel

come betw

een 240,00

0 and

265,000 ne

w permane

nt residents

in 2010, th

e same

number of

immigrant

s as in recen

t years. In 2

010,

Canada wi

ll again we

lcome more

new perm

anent

residents th

an the avera

ge annual i

ntake durin

g

the 1990s,

According

Jason Kenn

ey, Ministe

r of

Citizenship

, Immigrati

on and Mu

lticulturali

sm.

Every year

many imm

igrants com

e to Canada

in

search of a

better life,

trying to a

ccomplish

a dream

leaving fam

ily, friends

and a life b

ehind them

. By

leaving eve

rything beh

ind, they s

tart from sc

ratch

making i

t more di

fficult to

settle in a

good pla

ce.

The reason

s for immig

rants may v

ary from pl

ace

to place, so

me immigra

nts just com

e to Canada

to

improve the

ir lives, ma

ke more mo

ney, get a g

ood

job, have a

n education

and others

are running

away

from the w

ar, protecti

ng their fam

ilies.

Canada is

very flex

ible when

talking a

bout

immigrant

s, since it t

akes many

immigran

ts, only on

the year 20

08, Canada

received 2

65.000 imm

igrants

from all ov

er the worl

d giving m

ore opportu

nities

to people to

broaden th

eir knowled

ge and life

, these

immigrant

s come from

all over the

world. Th

e

highest num

ber of peop

le received

in Canada

on the

2008 was p

eople from

the Republ

ic of China w

ith

about 32.

500 imm

igrants. T

he top fiv

e countrie

s

where imm

igrants com

e from are:

* China

* India

* Philippi

nes

* United s

tates

As we can

see in the

following g

raphic ther

e are

may differe

nt immigra

nts from d

ifferent cou

ntries

and if looke

d up closed

, a very few

of them ha

ve a

common re

ason for pe

ople to feel

forced to l

eave

their count

ry.

China Peo

ples

Republic

IndiaP

hillipines

U.S.A.

U.K.Pakis

tan

2006

2007

2008

Korea

France

IranColo

mbia

Topcount

ries for Im

migrant P

opulation

7The principal reason for immigrants to arrive to Canada is economic reasons, in their country they might have issues working due to lack of available jobs or underpaid salaries. Many professionals decide to move out of their countries because even thought they have finished their studies, the economy of the country does not pay enough to support their family, forcing them to flee.

The main problem for professionals is that when they come to Canada, they dont know English or their English is so basic that they are not allowed to work in their area driving them to work in jobs with low salaries such as cleaning, driving cabs or even fast food restaurants wasting their knowledge that could be put in practise and benefit the country at any level.

The best way for a professional to come and work in their area is by having contacts with an employer who is willing to report immigration that

the person will be hired in the company. Otherwise, professionals come to an uncertain chance of finding a job. When professionals come to Canada, if they

dont know the language they are required to take a course of English, with the disadvantage that at the same time the person has to keep in mind the expenses of their living and they can hardly work due to the schedules, even though some of them live by the welfare, which doesnt create a high income making them live in a very tight budget, this forces them to drop the classes, and become part of the low income jobs making difficult to restart their

classes to practice their profession. Another inconvenient that professionals face

when coming to Canada, is that their degrees are not accepted due to the fact that the courses werent taking in Canada even thought that sometime the education outside might be more advanced or specialized in certain areas, and again are required to retake the courses in university or college.

Canada Immigrants Job Search Difficulties 2008

Percentage0 10 20 30 40 50

Source: Statistic Canada Dificulties reported after 2 to 4 years in Canada

Not enough Canadian job experience

No connections in the job market

Foreign Experience not accepted

Foreign qualifications not accepted

Lack of employment opportunities

Not enough Canadian job references

Lenguage problems

Not able to find job in their field

Since many immigrants look for better opportunities not only for them, but for their families too, they bring their children along to give them an education and improve their chances of a better future. On 2008 an amount of 37,425 of immigrants between 15 years old up to 24 years old arrived to Canada. These people come to learn a new language and start a new life in a culture that they provably havent experienced before, causing them to be held back in school years, delaying their learning and even causing depression leading them to drop out, on the other side, another group of them whom may not drop out, end up taking courses that they hadnt planned, and a small minority end up taking courses that they wanted to; this is not only due to the disadvantage of changing culture or language, but it is also influenced by the guidance given in school. When a student starts school, undergoes a test to judge the level of English and math that the student is at, and from there, the student is placed

in certain level, sometimes even taken them back 2 school years and then located in a temporary school. Upon arrival to high school, the student is placed in easy classes not related leaving them with no opportunity to apply to courses in a post secondary education.

A strong factor that affects students, is the economic source, now that at the moment when the teenager reaches and postsecondary search for education, many parents are still struggling to have a stable income to support their living expenses, at this point is when teenagers start looking for work to help at home and at the same time support themselves and their studies, unfortunately most jobs require Canadian experience which the person might not have, limiting their opportunity to work leading teenagers to take jobs with a low payment in such places as fast food restaurants or grocery stores which dont create enough income to afford a descent education.

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8Currently there is m

any sources of information

available for people who are planing to

come to Canada, the one that has the m

ost

information available for people is Citizenship and

Imm

igration Canada web-site w

hich has many

links to all the information, phone num

ber to

contact the offices and an area of frequent asked

questions. Other options available for im

migrants

are consulates and embassies in the countries, w

hich

are available for people to approach and solve any

issue or get an answer to any doubt that there is.

In other cases lawyers have offices that deal w

ith

imm

igration and help improve the process for the

legal documents.

Many of the im

migrants arent fam

iliarized

with the lifestyle in C

anada and find

themselves lost until they catch up w

ith

it giving them an extra factor of stress. The rhythm

of life is very busy compared w

ith other countries,

judging by other countries, the rhythm of life in

Canada feels like people live to work, instead of

working to live since people who are not used to

it, tend to spend more than what they earn and put

themselves in debt by having m

any credit cards,

loans, a big mortgage also adding the fact that the

regular live expenses are expensive compared to

other countries.

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9The investigation of immigrants lifestyles and changes of culture has inspired the idea and my project which is based on stories and anecdotes of immigrants to Canada, and their experiences living in a new culture; to aware to government the lack of support and guidance for teenage immigrants. To achieve this I have created a passive protest to gather a community giving the chance to people who want to share their experience with the government and improve the situation for new Canadians, so it is proven that this difficulties dont only relate to few people but to a big amount of immigrants. That is why I have decided to call this project Visa for a dream?; To imply the doubt and insecurity that the situation creates in the community that leaves them wondering if coming to Canada was the right decision to make their dreams come true or end up doing something that they werent expecting

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Visa for

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VisaForaDream.org

VisaForaDream.org

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After designing the graphic its printed on the recipient paper to transfer on clothes.

After the graphics were printed the exceding material was removed to have a cleaner look

This is how it looked after the exceding material was removed before application

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Onced cut its placed on the whished area and covered with paper to iron.

Iron for about a minute and remove the covering paper.

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The graphics were plotted, weededand masked for easier transfer.

Then the stencil was placed on the luggage in the place where wished.

Once the graphic is placed, its stuck on the lid to avoid bleeds.

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Since the graphics are stuck on the lid, the tranfering mas is carefully removed to alllow the application of the paint.

Now the paint is applied in the exposed cloth to maintain paint the wished area, carefullly not to bleed under the stencil.

After the paint is dry, the stencil is removed and the graphic is printed on the lid.

Now some touches and little detailsare added to finish the look of the logo

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Visa for a dreamTimes New Roman

Visa for a dreamHoney I stole your jumper

Visa for a dreamHoney Script

Visa for a dreamExpletive Delete

Visa for a dreamChristopherhand

Visa for a dreamHelvetica Neue

Visa for a dreamAmerican Typewriter

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Pantone 3425EC

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Pantone 1797 EC

Pantone 7455 EC

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Contract

96 Benson Ave. Toronto, Ontario M6G 3H8 [email protected]

Graphic Designer

iego engono .

DATE: January 25, 2010JOB NO: 001CLIENT: Giles MorinPROJECT: Thesis Visa for a Dream?

To investigate immigrants lifestyles, changes and stories in Canada. Their experiences living in a new culture to aware to government the lack of support and guidance for teenage immigrants. Also to create displays and a website giving the chance to people to share their experience with the government so it is proven that this difficulties dont only relate to few people but also to a big amount of immigrants.

ESTIMATE: $300 (+/- 10%)

Outside costs such as photography, illustration and printing will have 25% mark up fee and along with travel expenses and disbursements will be billed separately. The estimates includes printing coordinations and supervision or printing costs. The estimate does not include applicable taxes.

COMPLETION: MARCH 29, 2010** The completion date is contingent upon clients approval at each stable of the design process.

SAMPLES TO BE PROVIDED FOR THE DESIGNER FORM PROMOTIONS:__________________________

All the rights are reserves for the contractor, The Designer to photograph any portion of this project and to use said photographs or any other forms of reproduction as means of selfpromotion and publicity for said contractor. Anything not covered in this contract will be billed as an additional expense. I look forward to working on this exciting project. If you have any other questions please contact me.Please signs the original and return it me.

Agreed by and dated:

_____________________________________________________________________ Diego Tengono Date Graphic Designer

_____________________________________________________________________ Client Date

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Research

Task/ Assignment Time spent

20:00

10:00

06:00

04:30

12:00

08:00

12:00

12:00

09:00

08:00

Sketches

Interview

Pictures

Typing

Passports

Web-site

Process Book

Display

Printing ad Production

T-shirt Design & Production 05:30

Total Hours 106:00

THESIS

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r com

plet

ing

the

desig

n,

rese

arch

of t

his p

roje

ct, t

he

resu

lts w

as sa

tisfa

ctor

y. T

he

coop

erat

ion

of th

e pe

ople

was

goo

d,

and

felt

that

I co

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ed w

ith m

any

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ent t

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me

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f peo

ple

with

this

pr

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big

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pe a

gree

d w

ith th

e pr

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t and

felt

that

was

som

ethi

ng

that

was

nee

ded

to d

o to

impr

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the

situa

tion

for f

utur

e te

enag

e im

mgi

gran

t gen

erat

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to c

ome.

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r goi

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roug

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ss

and

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win

g m

any

peop

le a

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a co

mm

on f

amil

iari

ty b

etw

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all t

he p

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e th

at I

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wed

is

that

the

issu

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re c

onsi

sten

t in

all t

he

natio

nalit

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of im

mig

rant

s, w

hich

op

ened

my

eyes

and

con

firm

ed th

at

it is

a fa

ult i

n th

e pr

ogra

ms t

hat a

re

curr

ently

ava

ilabl

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rtun

etly

eno

ugh

i als

o fo

und

peop

le w

hom

had

rese

ntly

arr

ived

to

Can

ada,

and

told

me

thei

r sto

ry, a

nd

info

rmed

me

that

the

sam

e is

sues

are

st

ill g

oing

on,

and

not

hing

has

bee

n do

ne to

impr

ove

the

situa

tion,

mak

ing

me

real

ise

that

aft

er fi

ve y

ears

, whi

ch

is h

ow lo

ng w

ent t

hrug

h th

e w

hole

ex

perie

nce,

not

hing

has

cha

nged

Som

ethi

ng th

at I

feel

cou

ld h

ave

help

ed to

impr

ove

the

the

proj

ect i

s th

at it

wou

ldv

e be

en b

ette

r if I

cou

ld

have

got

ten

in th

e st

orie

s fro

m p

eopl

e w

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ther

nat

iona

litie

s diff

eren

t tha

n la

tin a

mer

ica,

unf

urtu

netly

all

of th

em

wer

e to

o bu

sy to

be

able

writ

e th

eir

own

stor

ies a

nd d

eliv

er th

em to

me

on

time

to c

reat

e a

disp

lay

for i

t.A

noth

er fa

ct th

at I

thin

k co

uld

have

m

ade

bette

r the

pro

ject

is if

I co

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have

en

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tim

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get

in to

uch

with

peo

ple

in th

e di

rect

ives

and

adm

inist

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ratio

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ogra

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form

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bout

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proj

ect a

nd b

e ab

le to

ta

ke it

an

step

farth

er.

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To take this project to a w

hole new level, I w

ould like to approach the

directives and administration of

the current imm

igrant programs,

and inform them

about the problem

s that teenagers go through.I w

ould also create a way to get

in touch with m

ore people and create a larger com

unity whom

is interested in im

mproving the

situation for future generations and create a voluntary program

s to invite new

comers in C

anada to

answer and guide them

better into the adaptation to the new

lifestyle that they w

ill live from them

on.A

nother way to take the project

into a bigger scale and reach to a larger com

unity, and for people to be ready even before com

ming

to Canada, w

ould be to have program

s in other countries to inform

them and educate about

the situation, so they are ready even before arriving to C

anada.

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VIsa For A dream