Blog 3 - Kiana Lopez



The Dubonnet 1932 poster by A.M. Cassandre on page 84 of Richard Hollis’s book, Graphic Design: A Concise History, is what stuck out to me the most in these chapters. This poster is most creative to me because I do not think I have seen one like this before. I admire how the artist created a character that develops color and personality as the poster continues. This illustration shows me that this character is more of himself, after consuming this glass of wine. To make it even better, in the last stage for this character, the artist adds the color yellow to the background which normally indicates happiness. 






I was curious to see more of Cassandre’s work, so I looked up some more and came across his poster card for Nord Express. I would consider this poster card to be abstract, which is what I love because the artist uses many different kinds of shapes to create objects. For example, he created a train out of triangles, semi-circles, and rectangles. Out of his smaller shapes, he then created a larger shape and space where then the artist inserted text to fit inside perfectly. This poster is very aesthetically pleasing to the eye.







The last poster that struck me is Cassandre’s, Wagons Lits Cook, a poster from 1933. First, I can tell that this poster is by this artist because it maintains his vintage, abstract, cartoon-silhouette-like style. This poster uses a good sense of hierarchy, contrast, and space. The poster directs people’s attention first to the silhouette of the flight attendants and then moves to the right, of the character who looks like he is about to travel. This right here, indicates to me it is a travel poster, along with the colors being similar to the colors of the USA.

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