Richard III 海报 by Jisuke Matsuda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 平面、插画与视觉传达设计 Competition Category.

铁平面· 2022

Richard III 海报

by Jisuke Matsuda

Client: Create Theatre Poster

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Richard III 海报

这幅海报刻画了强烈的人类情感——绝望、欲望与痛苦。理查三世化身为一位极具魅力的反派：高贵却又脆弱，宛如一堵历经岁月侵蚀的日本城墙。散落于画面之中的石块，仿佛是他崩塌的城池与破碎心灵的残片。蓝色底色与压凹印刷工艺营造出起伏涌动的水流之感，恰似环绕珊瑚礁的暗涌，而他的野心似乎正沉没其间。他名字的字体设计与这些石块交织缠绕，暗示着其命运的错综纠葛。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Richard III 海报是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Richard III 海报将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Richard III 海报因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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