Poster Monday: The Blue, The Black, The Horse’s born

Poster Monday: The Blue, The Black, The Horse’s born

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Poster Monday: The Blue, The Black, The Horse’s born

For this first Poster Monday spot of the month we have a poster from Rasool Haghjoo, he was born 1981 in Tehran – Iran, it’s a member of ITPODA (Iranian Theater Poster DesignersAssociation) and also a member of IGDS (Iranian Graphic Designers Association). He has about twenty years involved in graphic design. Rasool have participated in so many exhibitions, and also won so many prizes in graphic design competitions, such as 2nd prize of International poster contest of FADJR theater festival.

The poster that we are featuring here today entitled “The Blue, The Black, The Horse’s born” is a theater poster. The main character of this theater, tries to dig a grave for finding or hiding something. Because of that shows an old shovel blade. “I designed a new typography and replace these three sentences instead of eyes and lip. I wanted to make an ugly face with a rusty old shovel blade and “The blue”, “The Black”, ” The Horse’s born” words” says Rasool

If you would like to know more about Rasool Haghjoo please visit his web page. Stay around until we unveil the next spot Poster Monday spot. If you would like to submit a poster to be featured on Poster Mondays find all the info you need to participate in our submissions page.

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Poster Monday: The Eclipse

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Poster Monday: The Eclipse

For December’s first poster Monday spot we have a poster coming from Iran designed by Morteza Haraeeni who was born in 1992 in Tehran. Morteza has a Master’s degree in Graphic Art from Tehran University of Art; previously we had already shown his poster Alone.

This poster was made for the play based on the book The Eclipse of Ayub Aga Khani which depicts the story that unfolds in the tent of an Afghan man in difficult social conditions. It is the story of the love and pain that an Afghan couple lives to avoid war in the region without borders. The poster feautures the presence of the tent inside the text in which all the letters are cut with scissors manually and placed on the craft paper and scanned.

If you would like to know more about Morteza Haraeeni visit his personal facebook page. If you would like to submit a poster to be featured on Poster Mondays find all the info you need to participate on our submissions page.

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Poster Monday: Suddenly a Dove

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Poster Monday: Suddenly a Dove

For the second Poster Monday spot of November we have a poster coming from Iran entitled “Suddenly a Dove” designed by Babak Safari. Babak was born in Bandar Abbas, Iran, in 1986. He studied Graphic Design at the Naghshe Jahan University. He works as a designer and his posters have been exposed in several places like the Warsaw International Poster Biennale, ISPB International Student Poster Biennale, Lublin, Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee and many more. Currently he is a member of the Union of Designers.

The poster “Suddenly a Dove” was designed for a theatre play about the life and problems of Iranian women in the past. In this poster, a woman’s face is combined with a building, the shape of the building is inspired by Iranian paintings of the 15th century AD. The colors turquoise and golden are traditional in persian work and black is used to show sadness, problems and misery. “Usually, in the production and design of my posters, I try to use the tradition, elements and composition of Iranian art, and usually the 15th-century paintings in Iran have a strong, rich, and completely Iranian composition, and I use them” says Babak.

To see more projects from Babak Safari visit his personal website and instagram account.

If you would like to submit a poster to be featured on Poster Mondays find all the info you need to participate on our submissions page.

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Exhibition: National Theatre Posters

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Exhibition: National Theatre Posters

Exhibition: National Theatre Posters
An amazing poster exhibition is currently happening in the Wolfson Gallery at the National Theatre. Curated by design critic and writer Rick Poynor, this show explores the evolution of beautiful poster designs that were used for the National Theatre since 1963. The exhibition contains modern and classic examples of theatre poster design and displays work from artists such as Ken Briggs, Richard Bird, Michael Mayhew, Charlotte Wilkinson and current Creative Director Ollie Winser and the Graphic Design team.

Exhibition Schedule:
4th Oct. 2017 – 31st Mar. 2018

Organizers:
National Theatre

Curator:
Rick Poynor

If you would like to learn more about this exhibition take a look at their website.

For more more news and information about posters please visit our news page here.

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