Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Guimarães Jazz Event 2008

This is the 2008 Guimarães Jazz Event publication designed to promote the even by Atelier Martino & Jaña. Excellent experimental layout, but the best part is a special surprise hidden inside the publication... 
The folded pages open up to become posters!
What an amazing idea for a publication. You can see from the poster design that they have tried to capture the essence of cheap old Jazz posters and ephemera but adding a contemporary touch with the  typography and use of vectors. I particularly like the limited colour pallet and textures applied to the images, these are a definite not to the vintage posters of yesteryear. I'm interested in harnessing this nod within my own designs and identity for LJF.
The posters:

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