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Richard III Plakat by Jisuke Matsuda

Richard III Plakat by Jisuke Matsuda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award in Grafika, Ilustracja i Komunikacja Wizualna Competition Category.


ŻelaznaGrafika· 2022

Richard III Plakat

by Jisuke Matsuda

Client: Create Theatre Poster

Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Richard III Plakat

Ten plakat przedstawia intensywne ludzkie emocje—rozpacz, pragnienie i udręka. Ryszard III jawi się jako fascynujący antagonista: szlachetny, lecz kruchy, przypominający japoński mur zamkowy zniszczony przez czas. Kamienie rozsiane po kompozycji wydają się fragmentami jego roztrzaskanej twierdzy i serca. Niebieskie tło i tłoczenie przywołują falujące prądy, jak te wokół rafy koralowej, w których jego ambicja zdaje się zatonąć. Typografia jego imienia splata się z tymi kamieniami, sugerując zawiły splot jego losu.

The Recognition

About the Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award

Richard III Plakat to laureat Żelaznej Nagrody A' Design Award, prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego dobrym projektom, które spełniają zawodowe i przemysłowe wymagania oczekiwane od dobrze zaprojektowanych dzieł. Laureaci Żelaznej Nagrody wykazują wielką biegłość, wysoką specjalizację, fachowe zrozumienie i zdolności twórcze ich autorów. Richard III Plakat ma być wysoko cenionym, podziwianym i drogim sercu dziełem, które jest praktyczne i innowacyjne. Ten projekt nagrodzony Żelazną Nagrodą A' Design Award integruje najlepsze praktyki branżowe i ma kompetentne cechy techniczne powiązane z wiedzą fachową i talentem. Dzięki starannemu wykonaniu Richard III Plakat cieszy się szacunkiem, a jego zadaniem jest zapewnianie poprawy jakości życia, która pomaga uczynić świat lepszym miejscem.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
This poster shows the strong emotions of human beings. Richard III is a fascinating villain. He is noble, like a Japanese castle made of stones on the foundation. But he is also fragile. The background of the piled stones is the image of the seabed, and it undulates like a coral reef. His ambitions have sunk. And the characters of Richard III and Shakespeare express typography in an entwined manner like algae and seaweed.
Dimensions & Packaging
728mm x 1030mm
vertical
Tags
poster, theatre, theater, Shakespeare, play, stage
Production Technology
Offset printing
Embossing Effect
Design Challenge
It is a work that has been visualized innumerably so far. In order to revive it as a fresh work that I have never seen, it was necessary to deeply interpret the work itself. However, the original text was a non-native language and had some difficulties. On the technical side, it was necessary to create a delicate embossing effect in order to add depth to the work. For that reason, the print plate is divided into multiple parts.
Research
This project is part of an academic study of Shakespeare's classical drama. Even today, the goal is to reinterpret the works of the most influential playwrights in line with the times. Both the original English and the Japanese translation are used for the research. It is the role of this poster to visually show the new charm, and it is required to be modern and novel in color and composition. As typography, both English and Japanese used in the research are fused.
Inspiration
Shakespeare's play still excites, saddens and impresses us. When reading and looking at his play, we are not facing a difficult classics. His work is full of the fundamental human truth. In his plays, strong emotion and love who we forget is overflow. This series is an attempt to reconstruct that secret with contemporary posters.
Project Duration
This work is one of Shakespeare's series, which started in Tokyo (Japan) in 2015 and continues as now. Especially This poster was constructed for the creation of the series "Love and emotion" announced in 2020.
Operation Flow
Although it is a poster for domestic events, it has been introduced all over the world and has a strong presence through the participation exhibitions of many international competitions.
Patents
Created by Jisuke Matsuda
Image Credits
Image #1 : Jisuke Matsuda, Optional Image #1 : Jisuke Matsuda, Optional Image #2 : Jisuke Matsuda, Optional Image #3 : Jisuke Matsuda, Optional Image #4 : Jisuke Matsuda

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