Black and White Poster Series
A Series of black and white posters that were created as part of a university course
An Ode to Trash
In our Typography & Design course, we were tasked with creating ten black and white poster designs in a weekly format. The goal of this course was to learn about the basic principles of contrast, composition, as well as visual hierarchy. The goal was not to create good posters but instead try to achieve something coherent whilst meeting the task criteria of each week. The final project expanded this into a series of three posters meant to spotlight a form of “trash” in society, either in the abstract or literal sense.
My Interpretation
My series tackles scam and phishing emails by visualizing them as looming, water-related entities, often with the concept of "drowning" in the overwhelming number of mails. This was done to create a link to the topic of course before us, as their final series was connected to water.
Although it did not start with this focus, the first few designs leaned much more heavily on the ever growing involvement of AI in the generation on spam- and phishing-mails and the ever growing threat they pose to internet traffic.
Another iteration was much more focused on delivering actual specific data by showcasing numbers and putting them into perspective. This concept was later scrapped in favour of a more artistic approach.
Each poster uses shifting light–dark divides and clustered typography to echo the feeling of being overwhelmed by digital junk, turning inbox pollution into a creeping, almost tidal force.
Weekly Experiments
A collection of some of my Posters