Olly Moss Roadshow posters
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I like his stuff, but there is big gap between true design and these things.
Saul Bass worked in his own style for the reason that he was Saul Bass, that's just how he worked. His posters were communicating information about the films, as that was what he was employed to do.
Over time, he amassed a wonderful portfolio of poster work (not to mention his incredible corporate design work).These Olly Moss posters pastiche Bass's style (the black and orange, the roughly cut edges). But those were originally there for a reason. Now they are used for aesthetic dressing up. And what's with all the distressing?
Sure some of the posters are nice, and some represent the content of the films pretty well, but if you're confident in your design you shouldn't need to dress it up with borrowed aesthetic and distressed effect, as if doing so will buy you some authenticity. It was only authentic the first time around when chosen for good reason.
Imagine all the great poster designers in one gallery. You recognise AM Cassandre, Abram Games with their distinctive airbrush style, Muller-Brockmann and his swiss type, geometric shapes, Saul Bass with his rough hand-made style and recognisable type. but where do you fit? if you copy them you just look like an imitation next to the originals. reason, if ever, to work in your own style.
I get that they are an homage, which is fine, but design is about the ideas, and the way you render them is up to you. if you don't have an original voice for your ideas then you're only exploring half the potential
- nobody is saying he's saul bass. These are re-imagined posters in the style of saul bass. that's all._niko
- Great post, I agree .. a 're-imagining' needs to become part of a new creative trajectory.********
- (i.e. the re-imagining needs to lead somewhere new, to be interesting)********