Experimental Design Techniques: Break the Rules
The Poster with Photograph
A course by Cihan Tamti , Designer
About the video: The Poster with Photograph
Overview
“Now typography is combined with photography and exciting scan effects are shown! Again, it's about finding the right balance.”
In this video lesson Cihan Tamti addresses the topic: The Poster with Photograph, 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
“In the last lesson. we created the typographic poster. In this lesson. we combine typography with photography. To make the poster more personal and unique. we will create our own scan effect. First. we a scanner. And while scanning. we focus on the scan beam. Do it once. for example. During scanning. we concentrate on the beam's path. At the precise moment. we move the magazine to achieve a blurring effect. enhancing the image's uniqueness and personal touch. Next. we select our magazine and pick the most suitable image for our purpose. I selected the image on the right due to its clear bac...”
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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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