Hint: The birth of a breakout star? (1979) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Colorplan Stone & Bright Red by GF Smith)
Hint: The birth of a breakout star? (1979)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Colorplan Stone & Bright Red by GF Smith)
Hint: In this case, the paper ends as a tree. (2008) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Colorplan China White by GF Smith)
Hint: In this case, the paper ends as a tree. (2008)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Colorplan China White by GF Smith)
Hint: Boy meets girl meets guns. (1967) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Gmund 3 Flow Blue by Gmund)
Hint: Boy meets girl meets guns. (1967)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Gmund 3 Flow Blue by Gmund)
Hint: We're gonna need a bigger binder. (1975) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Curious Cosmic Blue Planet by Antalis)
Hint: We're gonna need a bigger binder. (1975)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Curious Cosmic Blue Planet by Antalis)
Hint: Depp's sharpest role. (1990) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Keaykolour Original Biscuit by Antalis)
Hint: Depp's sharpest role. (1990)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Keaykolour Original Biscuit by Antalis)
Hint: Starring Sidney Poitier, or Ashton Kutcher. (1967) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Pop Set Black Black by Union Papelera & Heaven 42 by Torraspapel-Scheufelen)
Hint: Starring Sidney Poitier, or Ashton Kutcher. (1967)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Pop Set Black Black by Union Papelera & Heaven 42 by Torraspapel-Scheufelen)
Hint: A Peeping Tom solves a crime. (1954) Illustrations: Atipo
Hint: A Peeping Tom solves a crime. (1954)
Illustrations: Atipo
Hint: Cinema's scariest sutures. (1931) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Curious SKIN Absynthe & Keaykolour reKreate Sandy Beige by Antalis)
Hint: Cinema's scariest sutures. (1931)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Curious SKIN Absynthe & Keaykolour reKreate Sandy Beige by Antalis)
Hint: Sean Connery dons a pith helmet, then a crown. (1975) Illustrations: Atipo (Chromolux Metallic Gold by Torraspapel)
Hint: Sean Connery dons a pith helmet, then a crown. (1975)
Illustrations: Atipo (Chromolux Metallic Gold by Torraspapel)
Hint: A truly chilling shower. (1960) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Munken Polar by Antalis)
Hint: A truly chilling shower. (1960)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Munken Polar by Antalis)
Hint: Chomp. (1931) Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Kaschmir True Red Cloth by Gmund)
Hint: Chomp. (1931)
Illustrations: Atipo (Paper: Kaschmir True Red Cloth by Gmund)
Hint: Too hot for TV (or the library). (1966) Illustrations: Atipo
Hint: Too hot for TV (or the library). (1966)
Illustrations: Atipo
Hint: Mutiny from Film Class 101. (1925) Illustrations: Atipo (The Kiss Button Rot by Lakepaper)
Hint: Mutiny from Film Class 101. (1925)
Illustrations: Atipo (The Kiss Button Rot by Lakepaper)
Hints to the answers are in the gallery above. Find the solutions at the bottom of this post.
When Charles Eames articulated his and Ray’s now-famous design philosophy, “the best for the most for the least,” he was referring to furniture. But the line could be used to describe good work from any number of design disciplines. This minimalist set of movie posters, by Spanish design firm Atipo, is one such example.
Atipo created Papers for Characters for Minke, a Spanish company that provides a range of graphic design services and workshops, both for other designers and clients. Their latest tool is an online gallery for ordering colored or card stock paper, so the Atipo team decided to showcase paper’s expressive quality with this series of abstract and symbolic movie posters. It is indeed the best (it’s creative) for the most (any movie fan could guess which poster belongs to which film) for the least (it’s just paper—not even an elementary understanding of Adobe Illustrator was needed to create the posters).
It’s a novel take on graphic design: Rather than using flat icons, or symbols pared down to skimpy geometry, each poster is a piece of card stock that’s been physically tampered with. Jaws is a royal blue piece of paper, with a toothy bite missing from one corner. Dracula is a blood red card, with two round pricks in a corner. And The Curious Case of Benjamin Button—one of the simplest designs in the series, since no tools are needed—is simply a skin-colored piece of paper that’s wrinkled at the top, and smoothes out near the bottom. The analog scratches and tears make each poster expressive in a way that digital graphics couldn’t be. These are tactile, and bear the marks of physical, human movement—much like the films they portray.
Even though most of the movies represented are classics, Atipo didn’t start the project by choosing films. Instead, they worked backwards, first figuring out all the ways they could modify pieces of paper. They made a list: a cigarette burn, a bend, a break, a scratch, and so on. Only after that did they start to compile a list of iconic films.
Can you guess which each represents? Answers are below.
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Answers
1. Alien
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Bonnie & Clyde
4. Jaws
5. Edward Scissorhands
6. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
7. Rear Window
8. Frankenstein
9. The Man Who Would Be King
10. Psycho
11. Dracula
12. Fahrenheit 451
13. Battleship Potemkin
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