Shame

I enjoy designing posters for Heber Opera, and I’ve done a few for other events too. This week I was pleased to be asked to create one for my neighbour’s gig showing in the Brighton Festival.

Pete already had an image that he wanted to use, and had the venue and Brighton Festival logos. With the text ready it was a matter of coming up with some initial ideas and tweaking these to get the ultimate design.

It proved relatively straightforward to get the first drafts done – and I did that with Pete beside me so I could edit as we went along. Then I took the designs back home where I could fiddle around perfecting the colours and layout. What determined the final design was  moving the headline (Shame – the name of the show) from the horizontal to the vertical..then everything else fell into place. I like the way that Pete is looking through his reviews to the word ‘Shame’… the elements counterbalance each other, challenging each other.

You can see my  workings below on the left..and then the final design on the right. Simple and effective. Just come along in May to the Duke of Wellington, Brighton and see what Shame is all about for yourselves!