Our posters are the culmination of our findings which have been implemented in our guide. They are advertisements, reminding the viewer that there can be a sense of comfort in moving back home, even if the situation may be less ideal than one might expect.

Our manifesto emerged from a collection of questions we aimed to answer:
+ Who are we?
+ What are we trying to say?
+ Who is our guide for?

By answering these questions we came to the conclusion:
+ We are speaking in the tone of the guide, the student, and the parent.
+ We are trying to tell the world there is no shame in moving back home. This time in one's life should be viewed as an opportunity to grow.
+ This guide is for everyone. It is directly for a recent graduate who finds him or herself moving back home due to financial debt. It is also relevant to parents looking to find greater understanding in their child's current living situation and emotional mindset. It is also relevant to curious onlookers.

Once we began to experiment with a more illustrative approach, our guide started to intertwine our tone of voice with a concrete graphic element. We switched gears from a photo/journalistic tone to something more humanistic. We believed illustrating our thoughts would create a more relatable voice and mindset. The hand drawn, wabi-sabi, imagery helps create an informal and intimate feeling, making the content presented more associable to our audience, while still still getting the greater message across.

During the beginning stages of our guide's research and design development, we anticipated using photography as a key element in expressing our tone of voice.

We looked into several photographers hoping to find imagery which was stylistic, yet had a journalistic quality. We were drawn to the work of Thomas Struth. His photographic topics, families staged rigidly in their surroundings, was intriguing to us. We looked at the concept of moving back home to be welcoming, yet slightly awkward.

After exploring further, we began to gravitate towards illustrative elements. We fell in love with the work's of Paul Davis, Daniel Clowes, Richard Linklater, and Mike Mills. Each artist was able to capture an extremely intimate and humbling aspect of their subjects in their work. We wanted to create something similar in our guide, something with fresh wit and charisma.