This portrait of a mysterious lady starring at an hourglass was designed by Koloman Moser in 1899. The lady holds the hourglass, her cold eyes focused on the front, and seems to be dealing with some serious situation–the new era is full of uncertainties. The visitors who view this design will feel anxious and uneasy…
Koloman Moser was a famous Austrian artist whose works include < Ottokar Macha Folio: plate Exhibition Poster” by Kolo Moser,1915>. He had a great influence on painting in the 20th century Koloman Moser was born in 1868, he is the elder of three siblings and his father wanted to see him in business, so he briefly attended…
The Letters to Numbers Trope is a common design technique that plays on the titles of many movies and TV shows, and it is also frequently used for advertisements. This trope involves using numbers in the place of letters that look similar to the numbers in order to get a point across about the significance…
In the media, doctors and nurses are used to depict periods of war and chaos; It has ranged from both world wars– to today during the Coronavirus pandemic. While doctors and nurses fulfill the same role in healthcare, they often juxtapose each other. Doctors are used for acting as the role of a confident…
Since the late 1970s, an image of a rainbow or a rainbow color scheme has been near synonymous with the LGBTQ+ community. Due to the incorporation of the rainbow on the Pride Flag which is often used to represent the community, the rainbow color scheme is a trope often used in media to indicate LGTBQ+…
The trope I chose is the Titanic original movie poster, one of Hollywood’s most iconic films. The movie, released in 1997, tells a story of an epic fiction romance based on a true tragedy. The Titanic, or the Royal Mail Ship Titanic, was one of the worst marine time disasters in history (USA Today). The…
The second project that I will be covering is Phil Baines’ 1994 ‘Yak’ 2 poster. This poster was published as a part of Why Not Associates, a graphic design company that Baines’ has done freelance work for frequently. The poster was released along with a few other posters through Why Not Associates. In an interview on…
This poster was made in 1982 by Grapus, mainly illustrated by Pierre Bernard. This poster, Expo Grapus, was supposed “to represent the studio, for a retrospective in Paris” (Poyner). In 1982, Grapus was an internationally famous design group despite the fact that their work was more anarchist, rebellious, and punk then the popular modernism seen…
Duarte designed the movie poster for Glauber Rocha’s Deus o Diabo na Terra do Sol, (Black God, White Devil) 1964. This movie is considered a Brazillian classic, and an icon of the time. Rocha, a motion-picture director who was a leading figure in Brazil’s Cinema Novo (“New Cinema”) was a friend of Duarte’s. The poster…
Emil Ruder was a Swiss graphic designer and typographer born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1914. Ruder began his education within the field of design at the young age of 15 years old as an intern for a typesetting compositor. He then went on to study typography in a number of different settings including Paris and…
One of the most important projects that brought Apeloig to public attention in 1987 was the Chicago, naissance d’une metropole (Chicago, Birth of a Metropolis). It is a screen-print poster on paper that was published by the Musée d’Orsay for its opening exhibition in France from 1987 to 1988, and it was previously displayed in the…
In 2020, Netflix commissioned Kate and Studio Moross to create ten portraits of transgender talent featured on the platform to celebrate Transgender Awareness Week. All the portraits were of actors featured in Netflix productions, including Laverne Cox and Lachlan Watson. One of Kate’s goals is to use their voice to help others expand beyond gender…
In 2019 Studio Moross joined Creative Director Lee Lodge as part of a core creative team to manage the art direction and design across the screens and stage for the Spice Girls UK and Ireland tour. Since at the time, the Spice Girls had not been on stage in seven years, this tour was significant.…
The 1995 screenprint on paper features a white background with a black “NO.” The n and o are distinctly different fonts, with the n taking side stage off to the lower left of the dominating o. The edges of the n resemble a sans serif font while the o has more qualities of a serif…
The idea of Lady Columbia first originated in a poem from 1697 by Samuel Sewall who proposed “Columbina” to be the name for the American colonies in honor of Christopher Columbus. It wasn’t until 1775 during the American Revolution war that it gained popularity through a poem written by a black slave, Phillis Wheatley where…