Minimalissimo

Inspired by the 83rd edition of the Academy Awards airing today, here is a series of minimalist posters created by graphic designer David Lopez, one for each Best Picture Oscar nominee.

David tried to find and use a key element from each movie to represent the film as a whole. Despite my personal wishes for Black Swan to succeed, my favorite poster was the one for Inception.

 

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  2. Robin Lundgren

    Horrible use of a condensed Futura (?).
    Why that stinking 2005 wannabe paper feel? Just no; try keeping it professional instead..

    I can dig the illustrations tho :)

  3. Paul C

    agreed Robin, Very questionable use of Futura condensed and the fake texture is unnecessary.

    The inception icon is very nice though…but that type. I just can’t get behind it.

  6. Bilgi Karan

    Very cool posters… I just can’t get over the Victorinox logo on the 127 Hours poster. The whole point of the movie is that the tool is NOT a Victorinox.

  7. Derek

    These are very… Inelegant.

    It seems like minimalistic movie poster are a fad among designers nowadays.Olly

  8. Derek

    Excuse me. (Stupid touch interface)

    What I was saying is that Olly Moss continues to be the master of this domain in my opinion.

  9. Lee

    @Bilgi Karan;
    I totally agree. A Victorinox multi-tool/knife would have helped so much. The free multi-tool that came with the ~$20 flashlight was a piece of junk… a sharp blade would have been a godsend in Aron Ralston’s situation.

  11. Nostalgia

    Typeface doesn’t work. Apart from the ‘Social Network’ piece imagery is dead. Have a nice day.

  12. Art

    Well, most of you have already said it, but I’ll drive the nail in the coffin aswell. Poor typography and inflated design factor. I find most of these attempts rather badly done and conceived. The positive thing is that there’s a trend among designers to steer away from the traditional Hollywood poster; the megarendered, overphotoshopped nasty explosion of graphic imagery. But the solution is almost as bad as the problem: An icon, some poorly kerned type, a filter that simulates aged paper. Phew. How lazy. There are other concepts – have a look at old Polish movie poster for instance: http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/