Small picture,
big matter
We, Polish designers- don’t we just love
designing posters? It is our heritage.
Whether it is a commerical work, it has a
social charakter or is just a result of a
sudden urge.
Posters of the Polish Poster School
significantly influenced the international
development of graphic design in poster
art. Their major contribution is in their
use of the power of suggestion through
clever allusions. Using strong and vivid
colors from folk art, they combine
printed slogans, often hand-lettered, with
popular symbols, to create a concise
inventive metaphor. As a hybrid of words
and images, these posters created a
certain aesthetic tension.
In addition to aesthetic aspects, these
posters were able to reveal the artist’s
emotional involvement with the subject.
They did not solely exist as an objective
presentation, rather they were also the
artist’s interpretation and commentary
on the subject and on society (after
Wikipedia).
In addition to aesthetic
aspects, these posters
were able to reveal the
artist’s emotional
involvement with the
subject. They did not solely
exist as an objective
presentation, rather they
were also the artist’s
interpretation and
commentary on the
subject and on society
(after Wikipedia).
