I love the insanity that oozes from this poster for new film Good Doctor; it fits nicely with the plot - you have to watch the trailer. The photography is really interesting, it has a calm feeling to it but at the same time there’s something there, silently denoting it won’t last for long. The typography works well too, quite simple and nicely treated - and again, that dissection is a nice visual trick of showing there might be something wrong with that doctor. 

Eye-catching poster for Joachim Trier’s new film, Oslo August 31st, a superb Norwegian film about a junkie spending a day outside the rehab centre, ballasted by an excellent central performance[via].

Strolling around Shepherd’s Bush last night, I ‘discovered’ Bush Theatre and the great posters for their plays. The Chalet Lines and Chrissy ones have a vintage, nostalgic feeling to them, coming mainly from the photographs. It’s like they’re telling a story, which makes me want to watch the plays and see what’s that story about. 

“A fond, comical and ultimately poignant portrait of one woman’s experience of love and war. Best Solo Performer, The Stage Awards 2010.” [via]

‘Towards the gates’ - Schiphol airport (Taken with instagram)

This was the first photograph I shot, minutes after I had arrived in Amsterdam. The next two days, I kept coming across some very eye-catching posters, great samples of the Dutch graphic design scene. Most of these posters were promoting parties, clubs and cultural events in or around Amsterdam, which doesn’t really comes as a surprise. Especially this Milkshake festival would be a good excuse to go back. 

“Actually quite fun”. 

From the archive: ‘Who’s that girl?’, London Fashion Week - 09/2011 (Edited with instagram)

I’m very excited to be part of this, been working on it on and off so I’m pleased to see how great the ‘final outcome’ looks. Spectator Life is the exciting new quarterly lifestyle magazine from The Spectator. It brings an intelligent mix of art, drama, music, style, jewellery, watches, investment and travel to the unique Spectator readership – all presented in a sharp and elegant way [via].

Vintage Overdose. (Taken with instagram)

Ps.: It took me a while but I got there: designfusion does instagram, feel free to follow @zahariades. 

I can go on and on about simplicity and the great results that can be accomplished when you present things in a clean and simple way. This movie poster is yet another example; generous white space, delicious photography and typography that doesn’t get in the way.  It compliments the black of the photos and the logos at the far opposite sides give a nice balance. Simple.works.every.time.

It feels really nice that people can still use the term ‘new wave’ for any thing greek. So seeing this film, part of the new wave of greek cinema [via], doing so well in film festivals around the world, makes me just a little bit more happy.  It is a strange melodrama about death, sexuality and Richard Attenborough and it has already been shown in Venice, Toronto and Sundance. 

MONO magazine is not a stranger to this blog. We featured the cover of their second issue a few weeks ago and the people of KEIK design bureau got in touch to share with us their design for the third one. Quite different from the bold red of the last one, this cover uses a Andy Warhol-esque illustration to comment on the greek financial and social crisis.