Posters are used by both graphic design professionals and amateurs to advertise events, convey messages and present the findings of research projects. You might create a poster for a specific purpose, but a number of pointers remain true for designing any kind of poster. At its heart, a poster is a visual medium that needs to be easily visible and understandable, and to reach its intended audience. Here are some great examples of poster
design. Enjoy !
Playing with geometry is one effective means of creating immediate graphic appeal in a poster design. An abundance of leading lines, points, angles, surfaces and solids can be a visual delight, especially if the poster design achieves a sense of complexity and maintains beautiful simplicity at the same time.
Having the skill to create a great piece of vector art is one talent, but being able to combine this into creating a captivating poster design is another. Consider the elements of the poster… being able to grab our initial attention, and holding it until you read all it’s detail. The poster needs to match the tone and the purpose of the poster in order to sell you the idea or product.
When looking for
inspiration for your next design, it is always great to look at other types of design, and today, I am going to show you some amazing poster designs that are breathtaking to look at. Poster design allows you express your creativity that is usually limited when designing a site for a client, or when creating a logo design, as you get a whole canvass to express your ideas.
Poster printing can be an effective way to market your brand, announce the new release of a product, or advertising an event. There are many different layouts for custom posters from those that seem to have way too much information to those that seem to have too little. In this post, we`ll share 50 Inspiring Minimalist Posters that speaks loudly without saying too much.
Retro Futurism is a design style that has been growing in popularity over the past few years. It is a combination of what people think the future will be like and retro design. An exploration between retro and modern technology, which as you’d expect leads to some really interesting results.
“Vintage” is the new “In Thing”. Whether you look at fashion, films, bicycles, or graphic design, you’ll see fashion forward individuals gravitating towards making the old “new again”! Many poster designs that we print for our clients have a retro or vintage theme to them, so we decided to gather some of the best vintage poster designs we could find on the internet to help inspire your next vintage poster project.
I stumbled upon a beautiful collection of posters which were illustrated in the 1920′s and thought you might be interested for inspiration purposes. I love design and illustration from this era and the craftsmanship is lovely. The images and text below are from the Chicago L.org website, where you can find lots more examples.
Throughout the years, the Constructivist art style has proven itself to be a reliable recipe for immediate graphic appeal. Characterized by strong geometric lines, limited colors, and powerful visual impact, Constructivism has since sporadically recurred in other art movements. Even today we see their influence in indie band promotional designs and, according to poster designer David Lance Goines, even the Shepard Fairey posters for Obama.
Movie posters are art and, unfortunately, the forgotten one. In the early years of cinema history, they were used just like advertising material. Displayed in theatres only, movie posters had the same function as a menu in a restaurant: what feast can I enjoy this evening? Nowadays, movie posters play a big role in cinema memorabilia collection. They have lost the “informative” tone to wear a more artistic and decorative dress. We want to change it with this post.
