Black and white and Altman all over
November 4, 2008
Do Robert Altman’s films inspire unusually good design? It seems so. The promo fliers for the local Altman film festival caught my eye recently:
That’s what I call excellent one color design! If you know about design production, you can tell that there must have been some severe constraints put on this project: one color printing, no bleeds, an unusual size and apparently no budget for artwork. However, nothing about this piece feels forced to me at all. It’s arresting, easy to read (a real feat considering how much information is on there), and memorable. I wish I knew who the designer is, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to find out.
While researching this poster I came across a couple of other back and white Altman posters which were beautifully designed. It’s always nice to be reminded that great design doesn’t require large printing budgets or fancy computer tricks.
Polish poster design for Altman’s Three Women by Mieczyslaw Wasilewski, 1978. Via theartofposter.com
A poster concept for the Robert Altman Film Festival by julyanne. Via contentshot.com
It looks like Zach Trenholm, from the illustration of Altman.
Comment by Margo Morgan — November 30, 2008 @ 1:20 am
Interesting thought, Margo. It certainly does resemble his work. Thanks for letting me know about him!
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