God I hope all of you know who Josef Müller-Brockmann is. He was a Swiss graphic designer, famous for his grid-like, clean and very simplistic work for concert posters in the 50's. And he used my favourite typeface too! Akzidenz-Grotesk! Mother of Helvetica! His sense of style was very, well... Swiss-like. Everything is in order and within the ruler, or the grid. Even when it was tilted diagonally. He also used solid colours and basic shapes to emphasize on the meaning or information of his visuals. While my style is usually more messy, inorganized and way too... "experimental", I will always appreciate something which I find difficult to achieve. The Brockmann style.
Some of his works (to refresh your tired memory):
Remember now? No? I know, my history book is hidden somewhere in the closet too. That's why I can't really provide more information on these posters hahahahaha- ahem.
Gary Butcher, an animator from the UK took it a step further. He took Brockmann's posters apart, piece by piece, converted them into individual layers, and then animated them as smoothly as possible. The transitions from one poster to another were flawless. I absolutely enjoyed how he manage to balance the footage with type on it (very Tibor Kalman, very 90's) according to the music. So if you are thirsting for motion graphics typography for the past 4 weeks, here's something for you to drink on:
follow original link here (.mov file): http://dvblog.org/movies/04_2006/josefmullerbrockmann.mov
You KNOW san serifs will never do wrong. Song is 'Soulhack' by Forss *downloads it*
Enjoy watching it and selamat malam (good night)!
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