NOTE: I completely forgot to mention the last few poster series that were done by Olly Moss. This post is long overdue. Olly Moss is one of my favorite designers. His newest project for Mondo is a limited-edition pair of posters for the film “Captain America” that resembles propaganda fliers from World War II. This is Moss at his finest — bold graphics, serious inspiration and minimalist design. These posters sold within minutes - which isn’t a surprise given how talented this 24-year-old designer is. “I tend to prefer things with a really strong idea,” Moss says, “things that are concept-focused. I kind of like the work to be functional, so it needs to be as simple as possible.” Earlier this year, Moss had his spring 2011 show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. There he assembled 200 pairs, trios and larger groupings of black-on-white paper silhouettes. At first glance, his Victorian portraitures look very traditional, but Moss added 300 pop-culture icons as his subjects, like Bill Cosby and the Simpsons. “When you work in a series,” Moss says, “the restrictions you set up create an expectation of what people think they are about to see. Then you can play around, turning the expectation on its head.”  If you read my earlier post, Moss did some pretty amazing work for Penguin Books, creating witty what-if covers for Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and other video games. You can see the rest of the posters from the Mondo series here.

NOTE: I completely forgot to mention the last few poster series that were done by Olly Moss. This post is long overdue.

Olly Moss is one of my favorite designers. His newest project for Mondo is a limited-edition pair of posters for the film “Captain America” that resembles propaganda fliers from World War II. This is Moss at his finest — bold graphics, serious inspiration and minimalist design. These posters sold within minutes - which isn’t a surprise given how talented this 24-year-old designer is.

“I tend to prefer things with a really strong idea,” Moss says, “things that are concept-focused. I kind of like the work to be functional, so it needs to be as simple as possible.”

Earlier this year, Moss had his spring 2011 show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. There he assembled 200 pairs, trios and larger groupings of black-on-white paper silhouettes. At first glance, his Victorian portraitures look very traditional, but Moss added 300 pop-culture icons as his subjects, like Bill Cosby and the Simpsons.

“When you work in a series,” Moss says, “the restrictions you set up create an expectation of what people think they are about to see. Then you can play around, turning the expectation on its head.” 

If you read my earlier post, Moss did some pretty amazing work for Penguin Books, creating witty what-if covers for Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and other video games.

You can see the rest of the posters from the Mondo series here.

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