I have just sent the newspaper for my self initiated project off to print, it is titled...
'THE CHANGING FACE OF THE MODERN GENTLEMAN'
It is basically a short ride through the readers pre-conceptions of what a gentleman is and takes them through the stereotype of a gentleman and then starts to deconstruct this pre-conception, and questions the factor of appearance and behaviour and the inter-relation between the two of them.
By the end of it, it is basically saying there is no written rules anymore for the modern gentleman, and that the only person that is able to comment on weather someone is a gentleman or not is the person who is making the judgement, and not what these pre-determined rules are, from guides and rules books that exist at the moment.
Throughout the newspaper there is images of the SUPREME GENTLEMAN, which are basically made up of peoples views of who they think the modern gentleman is. However this is also picked apart and leaves the reader making their own decision to who the modern gentleman is.
The reader is then given the option of giving an embroidered patch to either themselves or someone who they think deserves to be given the accolade of the modern gentleman, in order to provoke them to think about what their characteristics of a gentleman are.
It was a long slog to get it done for the printing deadline but I had twenty five minuets to spare so guess it was all good. As soon as I receive these newspapers back from the printers I will post photos of them, I am really excited to see how they come out, in the meantime I'm off to design the patch that comes with the paper, and you may be seeing a few more in the coming weeks, so you can build your patch collection up like a boy scout...