Today you’ll design a simple but striking poster using the Swiss-style grid - based on the work of Josef Müller-Brockmann. You can either use InDesign or Illustrator, and the task shouldn’t take longer than an hour - in fact, it should take far less than an hour. You may spend most of your time searching for a perfect photo.
Use John McWade’s tutorial below as a guideline.
Part 1
You can use the poster designed during this tutorial in your course assignment leaflet to showcase The International Typographic Style (see your course assignment for more information).
This project took way longer than an hour, but I'm quite happy with the result. I went with a black, red, and white palette for this poster.
My poster:
Part 2
Design an A2 poster for a Stavanger Symphony Orchestra concert. The concert consists of two parts. The first is a commission from local composer Ståle Kleiberg who’s known as a composer for grand occasions. The Turangalîla-Symphonie by Messiaen follows the intermission, which according to the composer, is a love song.
Use the Swiss style grid to organise the information and the typeface Helvetica. Place the main focus on the image and heading.
The heading of the poster should be SEASON OPENING.
The rest of the information that needs to feature is the following:
PROGRAMME
Ståle Kleiberg (born 1958):
Commissioned work for Stavanger anniversary – World Premiere
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
The Turangalîla-Symphonie
CONTRIBUTORS
Andris Poga, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Nathalie Forget, ondes martenot
VENUE
Fartein Valen, Stavanger konserthus
Image - Choose a main image to complement the information. You may use a photograph or typography as an image.
Feel free to make more than one poster by simply replacing the image and changing the mood of the design completely.
For this project, I used a photo of a violin and added a sketch effect to neutralize the colors and create a better effect. I decided to use white, blue and black for this project.
Original photo (https://www.freepik.com/premium-photo/mini-violin-isolated-white-background_19912217.htm)
My poster:
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