POST/ERA (poster & design theory)

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April 28, 2015

POST/ERA (poster & design theory)

These eye catching posters are part of a critical exhibition prepared by Filip Tofil and Urszula Janowska for the Kielce Institute of Design. The authors address some theoretical elements of design with their interpretations of popular design criticism phrases, choosing topics such as poster design, swiss design, the Polish Poster School or typography. Check out the whole set here!

criticism, exhibition, poster, series, theory

Playing with architecture – Archizoo

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April 25, 2015

Playing with architecture – Archizoo

Federico Babina is an architect who definitely knows how to have fun with his job! He makes nice and humorous graphics with pictures of imagined spaces (Archinowhere), details inspired by works of epic architects (Archiwindow) or in this case – he connects architectural motives with other topics in his series such as Archimusic or this charming series, named Archizoo. These hybrids of animals and famous buildings could look really nice in a children’s room. If you want to see whole series of 27 Archizoo posters and other projects, just check out his website!

Animals, Architecture, Children, fun, kids, poster, series

Decorative typographic posters

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March 31, 2015

Decorative typographic posters

These rich, decorative posters were made by Shaivalini Kumar from New Delhi, India. The author explains the positive, eye catching series as follows: “This is a series of decorative alphabets that I created and have a form inspired from a mix of traditional and contemporary motifs, with a splash of vibrant colour”. In addition to posters he also created colorful coffee mugs with ornamental letters. Here we share a couple of posters from the series, but you can see whole set here.

decorative, letters, ornaments, poster, series, Typography

Oscars 2015 – artist poster series

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March 6, 2015

Oscars 2015 – artist poster series

The emotion of the Oscars is now starting to fade away. We now know the results, but not everyone had the opportunity to see this posters series created by 14 artists from various countries.

The motto of this series was “Imagine what’s possible”. Using different styles but consistent colors and the Oscar as a central point in the composition as a the recipe to create a coherent, pure and expressive collection, the artists put their minds to work. The posters chosen from this special set were made by Mogollon (United States), Blastto (Spain), Hattie Stewart (United Kingdom) Petra Borner (Sweden) and Steve Wilson (United Kingdom).

The whole series with statements from the creators can be seen here. Just check it out!

Ps. Were your favourite movies amongst the winners?

ceremony, fim, Movie, oscars, posters, series

HOW’s International Design Awards

Exhibition, News, Results |

February 7, 2015

HOW’s International Design Awards

292 winning designs, 16 categories – HOW’s International Design Awards competition results are a great opportunity to check out the work created by talented designers from around the globe.

The winning designs from this contest were first featured on the page’s of HOW magazine, and are now available online. The images featured above are, of course, chosen examples from the “Poster” category. Check out all the winners in the gallery here, as well as all the information about the next edition of the competition.

Competition, contest, list, posters, series

Plakiat: Alternate movie posters

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January 30, 2015

Plakiat: Alternate movie posters

Movie posters are a popular and important branch of poster design. On the Web we can find lists of best contemporary posters as well as pages with older, classic posters. And finally, from time to time, we find series of alternative designs that people have created for their favourite films. In the past we’ve shown you some of these projects on our site and we’re always on the hunt for new and exciting examples to share with you.

Our latest movie poster discovery is Plakiat – series of alternate movie posters created by Maks Bereski. For him posters are a form of visual stories about movies watched by him, and good excuse to talk about cinema. His collection grows constantly, as new movies appear on the screen. You can check complete poster series on Plakiat Facebook page and on his blog.

Why do you think creating of alternate movie posters is becoming more and more popular? Is it a kind of visual commentary for the movie created by poster designers? Or maybe some longing for minimal / old fashion / artistic movie posters, in opposition to the contemporary movie posters we see on the streets? Let us know what you think in comment below!

Cinema, Film, Movie, poster, series

Human body curiosities illustrated on posters

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January 17, 2015

Human body curiosities illustrated on posters

Did you know that there’s more bacteria in your mouth than people on Earth? Or that your brain can power a lightbulb? If not, here’s an opportunity to discover a couple of interesting facts related with the human body. And in case you already know them, you should still check out how cleverly illustrated they are on this poster series made by Pâté studio. The posters were designed as a large scale advertising for the Medical Centre at the Discovery Channel UK head office. What do you think about the posters?

illustration, poster, series

Posters as Political Communication

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January 15, 2015

Posters as Political Communication

Strong, simple and a clear message. This set of posters was designed by Wyn T. as part of his master thesis at the University of Arts in Berlin. For this occasion he created a series of 12 posters, investigated as a means of political communication. Whole series can be seen here.

What do you think about the posters? Do you think poster making can be a valid form of visual research?

political, poster, series

Swiss Poster Collection

University Archives, Hunt Library, Special Collections, Carnegie Mellon, 2011

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January 1, 2015

Swiss Poster Collection

Happy New Year!! Let’s begin 2015 with some amazing posters from the Swiss Poster Collection. This extensive series of posters presents works of many talented designers. All posters are shared for educational purposes. Currently the collection includes almost 500 posters, odered chronologically and accurately described (i.a. name of author and client, date of creation, technique and translation of meaning) – and it continues growing every year,

Here we choose ten posters to share with you, which as only a small sample of this great selection. You can explore whole virtual exhibition here.

1. Ballet, Ruedi Rüegg, Opernhaus, 1975

2. Die Lektion (The Lesson), Studio Niklaus Troxler , 1987

3. Mond auf, Film ab (Moon up, film on), Ernst Baechtold, 1987

4. Ausstellung “Licht” (Exhibition “Light”), Georg Staehelin, Ottenbach, 1991

5. Boxen/ko/Boxmeeting, Claude Kuhn, Bern, 1991

6. Jazz Festival Willisau ’91, Studio Niklaus Troxler, 1991

7. Die Bleichen Berge: Fotografien von Walter Niedermayr (White mountains: photographs), designer: Rose Müller, photographer: Setaprint, Zürich, 1994

8. Schweizer Obst-Geschenk der Natur: Mit Haut und Stil (Swiss fruit: gift of nature: with skin and style), Aurel Peyer, Zug, 1996

9. Boxplakat: Angehrn-Rocchigiani (Boxing Match: Angehrn vs Rocchigiani), Roland Hess, Zürich
Tamás Kiss, Zürich, 1997

10. Japanische Plakate Heute (Japanese posters today), Kazumasa Nagai, 2006

Collection is donated by Ruedi Ruegg, Switzerland, supported by APG (Swiss Outdoor Advertising Company) and housed at Special Collections, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. Sponsored by School of Design.

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Road fashion – poster series

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December 28, 2014

Road fashion – poster series

Happy People Project, an agency from Istanbul is showing us that tires can be promoted in a very stylish way. They prepared for their client, Lassa, series of posters made up by parts of garments using the fabric as a reference to winter tires. The Patterns on the cloth remind us of tire tracks on the road, and the slogan on every “label” reads Fashion of the roads, Fall & Winter. Now we can see that fashion and tracks can have quite a lot in common. And it’s definitely prêt-à–porter.

Via Gute Werbung

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