Poster competition for North Queensferry Boat Club Annual Festival

When Gordon Scobie, Chairman of North Queensferry Boat Club (NQBC) needed a poster to promote his club’s Traditional Boat Festival in September, he approached Caron Harvey-Ogilvie, Lecturer/ Curriculum Leader in Graphic Design/Visual Communications/ Photography to set up a live brief for students in HND Visual Communication to design a promotional poster to cover the event. With seven final entries to choose from, Gordon found it difficult to pick one but in the end opted for the poster designed by Jamie Ramsay, 25, from Oakley. Gordon explained why he chose Jamie’s poster, “The colour and layout instantly communicated to me that this is an event for the whole family, with traditional boats, music, clowns, craft fairs and Sea Kayaks to name but a few of the day’s events.” Jamie recently presented Gordon with his poster onboard The Reaper, a traditional herring drifter that sailed down from its home in Anstruther at the Scottish Fisheries Museum to North Queensferry. The Reaper will also be one of the attractions at the Festival in September. For information on The Reaper, go to www.scottishmuseum.org/reaper/index.html   Photographs: Top: Jamies’ winning poster Bottom: Jamie with Gordon Scobie beside The Reaper Posted 21 May 2010