[HN Gopher] Peng Cheng on how ancient crafts inspire her masterf...
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Peng Cheng on how ancient crafts inspire her masterful typographic
posters
Author : bryanrasmussen
Score : 60 points
Date : 2022-07-31 08:46 UTC (1 days ago)
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| Andrew_nenakhov wrote:
| Can't say I'm a big fan of this style. Colours look very acidic
| and not pleasant to look at. YMMV
| pavlov wrote:
| They are posters, so the colors will definitely look different
| in print than on screen.
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| I'm guessing these are spot colors from the Pantone catalog.
| The nominal sRGB value is often quite different from what the
| actual pigment looks like in different kinds of lighting.
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| The lighting of the space is something to consider particularly
| for poster color design, as posters typically need to look
| striking from a distance in rooms with uneven lighting.
| Apocryphon wrote:
| It's always nice to see new design that doesn't embrace the all-
| encompassing focus on minimalism that's been dominant for it
| feels like the past two decades.
| random314 wrote:
| Large flat bold colors are pretty much the trend these days.
| paisawalla wrote:
| Personally, some of these are evocative of Alegria[0] -- the
| bubbly monochromatic (hideous) corporate art style that is
| dominant in America -- with a Chinese flair.
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| 0: https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/dont-worry-these-gangley-
| armed-...
| Apocryphon wrote:
| I don't think it's quite the Corporate Memphis style. This is
| more abstract and cartoony, not as uncanny valley
| anthropomorphic.
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