Number 1 of 11

Eleven Posters for Cranbrook Academy of Art


2D

 

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Posters in the set

 

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Cranbrook 2D (graphic Design) Poster

2D (Graphic Design)
by Elliott Earls
27"x40", Offset Lithography
2008

One in a series of eleven two sided posters for Cranbrook Academy of Art. Commissioned by Director Reed Kroloff.

 

 

Reed Kroloff the new Director of Cranbrook Academy of Art approached me in November of 2007 and asked me if I would design eleven new posters for the Academy. The posters were to serve as a new catalog for the Art Academy. Beginning on January 1st 2008, I designed and produced one poster a week for twelve weeks. The posters are currently on press.

Each department at Cranbrook is represented by a poster. Rather than exemplify, essentialize or encapsulate each department in it's poster, I attempted to create a holistic picture of the Academy that can only be understood by approaching the posters as a series. No one poster in isolation accurately articulates either the Academy, or the department for which it stands. Rather my goal was to illuminate the trans-disciplinary nature of the academy and within each poster create what I believe to be a very contemporary image space.

 

Detail from 2D Poster Designed by Elliott Earls

Detail #1 - 2D (Graphic Design) Poster
by Elliott Earls
27"x40", Offset Lithography
2008

 

 

 

Detail of 2D Poster designed by Elliott Earls

Detail #2 - 2D (Graphic Design) Poster
by Elliott Earls
27"x40", Offset Lithography
2008

 

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