Kristy's Gallery

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This is designed by Jose Pepe Menendez from Cuba who is currently the design director at the Cultural Institution House of the Americas (Casa de las Americas). This is a poster for a performance by French circus artists in Havana in 2001.

Menendez said, "My design teachers provided me and other designers of my generation with a perspective on the importance of our profession, the key role that design might (and should, but not always does) play in society, enhancing people's lives. With them we started to learn that design involves much more than beauty or creativitiy."

"The most distinvtive feature of Cuban graphic design is the explosive and incredible convergence of Spain and Africa in one island, visually expressed by a baroque tendency in forms and colours. Politics in Cuba has had a big effect on visual expression, and that the country's revolution in the late 50s and early 60s inspired new forms of visual communication."

Analyzing the design, it has a legato rhythm. The emphasis is on the ball and it's unified by continuation.

posted by Kristy Kusuma @ 10:57 PM