Liudmila Shurygina · CLIENT: Liudmila Shurygina
Madame Butterfly is a series of opera posters. Each poster shows an iconic portrait of a singing woman as the central figure of the opera plot and a symbol of passion. The series covers operas such as Madame Butterfly, Tosca and Norma, and reflects the tragic and dependent role of women in their librettos. Every composition presents the final scene, the culmination of the story. The design draws on minimal shapes, expressive painting and the Memphis style, with open colors and strong contrast. The posters are printed in A1 size on carton paper.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The series of opera posters was designed with idea to put iconic portrait of singing/shouting woman as a symbol of passion and main figure in opera plot. It is also about to show the tragic and dependent role of a woman in libretto of such operas as Madame Butterfly, Tosca or Norma. In the form of iconic interpretation. On all posters the composition represents the final scene - culmination moment of the opera story.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The posters are normally printed in A1 size, 594 x 841 mm. They are printed on high quality carton paper, 275g. The ideal production of the posters is using silk screen technique. Also these posters are produced for street poster displays with the size 1185 x 1750mm.
- Tags
- poster, graphics, design, opera, sound, composition, constructivism, memphis, style
- Production Technology
- The posters were created by designer with Adobe Illustrator software.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge in this project was to find an icon which can illustrate the tragic opera plot.
- Project Duration
- The project has started a year ago. Location: Amsterdam
- Operation Flow
- The posters are designed as for print production as for digital.
They are designed for the city displays, as a part of the concert identity for the brochures and banners. But also for the website and digital promo campaign.
The posters can also be transformed into animated graphics for the city displays. - Research
- Research was based on exploring the avant-guard style and also the latest trends in contemporary visual language. Also iconology and expressionism were the topics for research.
- Inspiration
- Designer was inspired with the portraits of Malevich due to the minimalist iconic shapes and the painting of Munch "The Scream" due to the open emotional expression. Also the big sourse of inspiration was Memphis style - open colours, contrast, simple shapes.
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