(Mirage Festival 4e Edition Poster, 2016)

Cécile + Roger is a graphic design agency run by designers Cécile Nanjoud and Roger Gaillard. The two met during their study at the University of Art and Design in Geneva. My favourite pieces of their work are their posters for the Mirage Festival in Lyon, an art, innovation and digital culture festival. I particularly like their poster for 2016. Poster designs are a key interest of mine. They are pieces of work which are both informative and also pleasing to look at, through the designers use of type and colour often accompanied with a form of illustration or photography they create a design which draws the viewers attention and then provides them with the necessary information.

(Title Page of West Virginia Inspirations for Printers, 1951)

Bradbury Thompson was an American graphic designer and art director.

“When it came to the blending of photography, typography and color, nobody did it better than Bradbury Thompson (1911-1995). In his own quiet way, he expanded the boundaries of the printed page and influenced the design of a generation of art directors.”(Communication Arts, 1999)

Thompson was well known for his ability to successfully combine many different elements go graphic arts. In his Title Page of West Virginia Inspirations for Printers, 1951 he blends type, colour, pattern and shape. The ability to harmoniously combine many different elements into one piece of art is what I strive to achieve in my own work as a developing practitioner.

(Silver Eucalyptus, 2016)

Barbara Dziadosz is a freelancing illustrator from Hamburg. Her works include a range of disciplines including printmaking, character design, illustrated recipes and also editorial work. Whether it be screen print or digital outcomes print is a key part of Dziadosz’s work. Prints are an element of illustration that interest me, the particular style of illustration and prints that most interest me are ones like Barbara Dziadosz print called Silver Eucalyptus with flat layers of colour, with very little or no tone, and linear elements.

Image 1: Mirage Festival 4e Edition Poster. (2016). [image] Available at: http://cecile-roger.com/projet/mirage16/ [Accessed 3 Dec. 2017].

Image 2: Title Page of West Virginia Inspirations for Printers. (1951). [image] Available at: http://a-g-i.org/design/westvaco-inspirations-for-printers [Accessed 3 Dec. 2017].

Image 3: Silver Eucalyptus. (2016). [image] Available at: http://basiadziadosz.tumblr.com/post/152151960749/silver-eucalyptus [Accessed 3 Dec. 2017].

Sources:

Communication Arts. (1999). Pioneer: Bradbury Thompson | Communication Arts. [online] Available at: https://www.commarts.com/features/pioneer-bradbury-thompson [Accessed 3 Dec. 2017].