Italian famous designer Bruno Munari said: “Quando qualcuno dice: questo lo so fare anche io, vuol dire che lo sa rifare altrimenti lo avrebbe già fatto prima.” (“When someone says: I can do this too, it means that they know how to do it again, otherwise they would have done it before.“)
Remixing existing poster is a perfect exercise to understand principles and strategies for compositing / assembling / moving forms and types.
Variations on a theme, like musical improvisation, let you understand LOT OF design principles…
Here is a series of exercises of poster remixing method, designed by the students of the first year in graphic design course, a.a. 2021/22.
The student’s name, credit and some explanations are written directly inside the image.