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Poster design

Some amazing examples of poster design by graphic designers and artists.

August 17, 2016
Anti-alcohol advertising posters from the Soviet era
Anti-alcohol advertising posters from the Soviet era

Soviet Russia was a failure in many aspects, but there is one thing they did right: posters! This series of advertising posters to fight alcoholism are another good example of the great work done by the Russian designers of the time to design good posters.

July 9, 2016
Wimbers130: a poster series about Wimbledon
Wimbers130: a poster series about Wimbledon

The 2016 edition of the Wimbledon tennis tournament is about to end, unfortunately without Roger Federer. This year’s edition marks the 130th anniversary of the tournament, which makes it the oldest in addition to being the most popular. To celebrate this anniversary, London based design studio Deuce has created a series of thirteen posters that […]

July 6, 2016
Alternative Alfred Hitchcock movie posters by Michal Krasnopolski
Alternative Alfred Hitchcock movie posters by Michal Krasnopolski

Michal Krasnopolski is a Polish designer who graduated from the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, he currently works in the design industry in his country, where his work in advertising was often featured. Being a fan of old thrillers, he decided to do a series of movie posters dedicated to Alfred Hitchcock. He […]

June 20, 2016
Transported by Design: famous studios and designers create posters for Johnston Sans’ anniversary
Transported by Design: famous studios and designers create posters for Johnston Sans’ anniversary

Patterns, by Thomas Matthews. On Designer Daily, we already shared Monotype’s redesign of the Johnston font: Johnston 100. However, there was another celebration of the typeface’s anniversary. Great designers and agencies designed a collection of great posters to celebrate. The result is a display of the variety of designs you can achieve with a single […]

June 19, 2016
Illustrations and posters by Julei
Illustrations and posters by Julei

Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, Justina Leisyte is a talented illustrator who creates colorful artworks. Her work can be seen on her Behance page, where she goes by the name Julei.

June 16, 2016
Fernando Reza creates posters for movies that never happened
Fernando Reza creates posters for movies that never happened

Unfortunately, not all great movies saw the light. Some movie projects with great film directors were predicted, but never happened for one reason or another. But what if these movies were filmed? What would the promotional posters look like? Illustrator and poster designer Fernando Reza tried to answer that question by taking on the project […]

June 8, 2016
3H Seminar series posters by Devran Dogaroglu
3H Seminar series posters by Devran Dogaroglu

Based in Berlin, Devran Dogaroglu works as an art director and designer. In this project, he created posters for the Maxime Gorki Theater. Each poster communicates a lecture about a famous philosopher. The posters are grid-based and the grid is made apparent. The “3H” (name of the seminar) is featured as a big block in […]

May 29, 2016
Colorful posters created by Ingrid Picanyol
Colorful posters created by Ingrid Picanyol

The work of Mexican architect Luis Barragan inspired this series of posters by Ingrid Picanyol. She found a way to visually represent the landscapes on paper, using geometric shapes and bright colors.

May 22, 2016
Paper-cutted abstract posters by Moniker
Paper-cutted abstract posters by Moniker

A set of posters designed by San-Francisco based agency Moniker for Designer Fund, an investment group dedicated to projects led by designers. Using abstract forms and paper cutting, Moniker created these posters for the Bridge speakers.

May 17, 2016
Adam Rabalais creates some stunning alternative movie posters
Adam Rabalais creates some stunning alternative movie posters

Adam Rabalais is a graphic designer based in the Los Angeles area. Being a film geek, he enjoys working on alternative movie posters. He creates powerful posters that would often be a perfect fit for the movies, giving him a portfolio that could land him some serious jobs in that industry.

April 28, 2016
A collection of funny posters to cheer up your interior
A collection of funny posters to cheer up your interior

Nowadays, humor is one of the trendiest tendencies in interior design. A positive design will certainly be well perceived by people of all ages and with various ways of life. The humor may be used in different ways: you may use funny accessories, furniture of interesting forms, bright posters and paintings etc. The elements of […]

April 21, 2016
Rejected movie posters for The Shining
Rejected movie posters for The Shining

It’s somewhat reassuring that legendary designers like Saul Bass also had some designs rejected, it makes them a bit more like us. Obviously, having your designs rejected by Stanley Kubrick isn’t exactly like being rejected by your local garage for their newspaper ads. On this post you can see the five first designs submitted by […]

March 29, 2016
Russell Walks creates alternative poster art with Star Wars iconography
Russell Walks creates alternative poster art with Star Wars iconography

The Force is with Russell Walks. The talented American illustrator seems to have some extra powers when it comes to create stunning illustrations and poster art. He can already be proud of an impressive list of prestigious clients that include Paramount, Time Warner, or Marvel, among others. For these clients, he specializes in creating alternative […]

March 3, 2016
When vintage Russian cigarette ads meet constructivism
When vintage Russian cigarette ads meet constructivism

If you enjoy seeing odd advertising from the past, you will not be disappointed by these vintage Russian ads for cigarettes. Most of these feature a typical constructivist look-and-feel and an actually decent design, but the illustrations and selling points are just crazy by today’s standards.

February 26, 2016
This designer takes random photos on the Internet and turns them into movie posters
This designer takes random photos on the Internet and turns them into movie posters

For their usernames, some Reddit users don’t look too far and just describe what they do, like shitty_watercolour for example. Another user has been playing with photos he find on Reddit, Your_Post_As_A_Movie. That user, who is probably a designer with a lot of time on his (or her) hands, takes photos on the social network and […]