Category: Poster

Airport Runway Screen Prints

Chicago based architect and designer Jermome Daksiewicz of Nomo is the mind behind this unusual series of screen prints of airport runways. One for the airport enthusiast perhaps, but these precise screen prints present interesting industrial patterns with an attractive simplicity to them.

The continually growing series in which new suggestions can be made, include such runways as John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and London Heathrow Airport and measure 18″ x 24″ in size.

Something a little different, but I like them.

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Minimalist History

This collection of pictogram history posters was designed by H-57 creative agency as a part of their collaborative project with the website First Floor Under. The posters are designers’ take on famous biographies, real and fictional, expressed in not more than three or four steps. Thus, the lives of Michael Jackson, Hitler, Darth Vader, Jesus, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Bruce Lee and Caesar were summarized in a pictographic and humorous way. And, according to H-57, more similar works are coming:

We want to create many of them to give our point of view on the most famous world stories. Unfortunately, the ones with tragic ending are the funniest and most interesting.

With the popularity of typography and infographics on the rise, we see a lot of movie and music posters, art and literary works getting beautiful minimalist makeovers. These H-57 historic strips are a noteworthy addition to the array of inspiring designs.

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Graphic Philosophy

London based graphic designer Genis Carreras (or ‘gex’ as he likes to call himself) has created a series of minimalist and witty Philosophy Posters. The project is an attempt to explain complex philosophical theories through basic shapes. Carreras offers his take on such ideas as solipsism, humanism, determinism, absolutism, relativism, nihilism and many others.

These aesthetically pleasing pieces are also aiming for an educational value, which is why each poster includes a brief summery of the philosophical notion. There is also a book in the works, called Philographics, in which all these posters are compiled for one very short read. Who knows, maybe minimalism is all we need to make other ‘isms’ easier to grasp…

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Typography Movie Posters

Swedish illustrator and graphics designer Patrik Svensson has created a fantastically minimalist series of typography posters. The project is a visualisation of various movies by using only letters from title or other typography characters.

Svensson explains what he wanted to achieve from the series:

I have always been a fan of designers that integrate with the viewer to create a sort of game together. I always strive to leave some space for the viewer to fill. It’s a balancing act. The humour is also very important – graphics without a sense of humour is often dead to me.

Personally, The Karate Kid, The Matrix and Basic Instinct are the stand-out designs for me.

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Posters by modernist architects

Six Architects is a series of minimalist posters showing the major architects and main principles of modern architecture. Conceived and created by artist Andrea Gallo.

Check the posters of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto and Walter Gropius. Which one do you prefer?

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Mental Disorder posters

One of our readers just sent this in: British designer Patrick Smith (a.k.a. Graphic Patrick) made some pretty nice minimalist posters about mental disorders.

Apparently, Smith was doing some research about mental health when he came across a list of mental disorders and got inspired.

My personal pref goes out to Agoraphobia. Yours? (Thx, Stefano!)

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Minimalist Oscar Posters

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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East VS West

Having just moved to Beijing last year, this really explains much of my experiences here with a minimalist approach.

Yang Liu was born in China, studied in Germany. With this duality of traditions, Liu portrays the hilarious stereotypes, which I’m sure many of us can relate to.

No prizes for guessing which is Germany and which is China.

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Quadra Gallery Posters

Donna Wearmouth, a graphic designer and gruaduate from Northumbria University, designed these monochrome posters as part of her degree.

For a fictional architect’s gallery, which she dubbed the Quadra Gallery, Wearmouth created the identity, stationary, exhibition guides, and these posters.

I could really see this work, couldn’t you?

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1971 Pan Am Posters

In 1971, graphic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar made these beautiful posters for Pan Am World Airways.

It’s interesting to see how the designers have been able to create the desired effect with just one image. The MoMA site says it beautifully:

… Cultural fantasies and ideals are projected through monumental imagery, presenting people and environments as distant objects of beauty.

All images courtesy of Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives.

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