Iron Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design · 2023
Urban Philosophy Visual Poster Design
by Sinong Ding, Wei Liu and Yuhan Sui
- A' Design Award 2023 Iron Winner in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 11,466
- Verification code 4B472CF8A6 · Verify this award
About Urban Philosophy Visual Poster Design
Urban Philosophy is a poster series that explores the relationship between the city, nature and people. Photographs of buildings, lakes and traffic form the backgrounds of the posters. Windows, structural elements, pedestrians, vehicles and lake water are taken from the images and recombined through collage. Graphics and text complete each layout. The posters are presented in A3 and A0 formats and are joined by dynamic video works. The series records everyday moments that are often forgotten and invites reflection on the link between the city and nature.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The design team produced a series of posters and video works through philosophical thinking on the city, people and nature. They capture many moments in life that happen so often but are easily forgotten by photography. With photographic pictures as the background, including buildings, lakes, traffic, etc., it shows the activities of people, nature and the city, combined with graphics and texts for layout design, to deepen people's thinking about the dialectical relationship between city and nature.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- A3/A0 Poster Presentation
- Tags
- Poster Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Print Design, Digital Imaging, Digital Photography
- Production Technology
- Print Design/Digital Photography/Poster Design/Digital Imaging
- Design Challenge
- One of the most challenging parts was combining text with graphics and images to form a formal, artistic visual.When we investigated the subject background and collected data through interviews, observations and other research methods, we felt the close connection between man, nature and the city.
- Project Duration
- July 2022 to February 2023 China
- Operation Flow
- Their design team took a series of photos and videos of the city and processed them with software to generate different poster design backgrounds. They extracted windows and structural elements from the photos and combined elements, including pedestrians and vehicles, and lake water. This work combines traditional graphic design with digital design to form an innovative art that has certain social significance and resonates with viewers.
- Research
- The design of this work attempts to explore innovative artistic possibilities between graphics, text, typography, collage and digital images. We experimentally combined the traditional graphic visual design practice with digital images to create a complete set of works, including poster design, element design, and digital image display. The main body of the project is a topic with research purpose and value significance in the current society, and it is a philosophical reflection in life.
- Inspiration
- This work is inspired by life, trying to regain the broad sense of dialogue between nature and social products (cities). Thinking about the symbiotic relationship between the city, nature and people, thus alluding to the phenomenon of the real society. Combining photographic pictures with graphics, text and other visual languages, using techniques such as collage to create, and combining images and a series of dynamic posters for comprehensive display.
- Image Credits
- Sinong Ding，Wei Liu and Yuhan Sui