Space, time, and dystopian worlds are the common themes in this week’s featured poster entries.
In one of two posters featured in this blog, Michael Braley looks beyond the stars with “Maybe There Are Others” (above, left). This work contemplates space and extraterrestrials with the use of typography, colors, and blurring effects, with the poster’s title spread out like a constellation. The background of the poster features a blue, purple, and orange gradient that blends together in a way that looks like the blurry image of the sky before sunset. This gives the allusion of gazing up at the sky and feeds into the wonder and curiosity of life beyond planet earth.
Graphis Master Hoon-Dong Chung is a designer based in South Korea and is an assistant professor at Dankook University. In addition, he is a vice-chairman of the Korean Institute of Product & Design. In his most recent poster submission, Chung utilizes contrast and harmony to symbolize that “Virtual is Real” (above, right). This “inevitably intertwined” relationship is depicted in 3D typography that twists across the poster. Near the top of the poster, the red letter R gradually contorts and transitions into the blue letter V at bottom of the poster. The phrase, “Virtual is real is virtual” is also repeated in small, red lettering across the poster, a blue wavelength wrapping around the words like a ribbon before blurring and spiking together towards the right side of the poster, becoming indistinguishable in form.
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