Experimental Design Techniques: Break the Rules
Designing an Event Poster 1
A course by Cihan Tamti , Designer
About the video: Designing an Event Poster 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will first explain what kind of poster this is. In addition, I will talk about the content that will be put on the poster. Then it's on to typography: I mix different typefaces for an unconventional headline. ”
In this video lesson Cihan Tamti addresses the topic: Designing an Event Poster 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Design Techniques: Break the Rules. Push the boundaries of design by creating three posters using experimental typography, analog tools, and digital compositions.
Partial transcription of the video
“Event poster design Lastly, I showed you what materials are needed, to edit the posters later. In this lesson we will talk about in which format we work and what should be written on the poster. Our poster is created in DIN A1 with a 3mm bleed for printing. On the poster we first have to define what a poster needs at all. We need a headline, a subheadline, date, a reference such as a link and logos. We will use this for all three posters, that will be created later. We make a typographic poster, one with a photograph and a completely analogue poster, which we will later digitally revise aft...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Design Techniques: Break the Rules
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Category
Design -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Graphic Design, Poster Design, Typography Design

Cihan Tamti
A course by Cihan Tamti
Cihan Tamti is a graphic designer based in Bochum, Germany. After discovering his passion for typography and poster design through graffiti art, he trained as a design technical assistant and studied communication design. As a student, he set up his own business, creating original typography for Adobe and graphic concepts for Calvin Klein.
He also published the first issue of his magazine, Homebound, while he was still studying. The posters he put on social media attracted a lot of interest and Stefan Sagmeister named him one of the top five designers on Instagram. 100 of his posters from 2019-2020 were collected in the book BREAKOUT, published by Slanted Publishers, as well as the Homebound - New Wave edition of his magazine. In addition, Cihan gives lectures and workshops at universities and industry festivals.
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