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A graphic poster featuring a series of overlapping rectangular frames in red, white, and black. The innermost red panel contains the repeated word “PLA” in bold white capitals and the phrase “Niech żyje plakat!”.
A graphic poster featuring a series of overlapping rectangular frames in red, white, and black. The innermost red panel contains the repeated word “PLA” in bold white capitals and the phrase “Niech żyje plakat!”.

Polish design practice Syfon Studio teaches us a thing or two about poster design

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Date
11 August 2015

Posters don’t need to be arduous, intricately composed affairs to do the job at hand. As Polish graphic design practice Syfon Studio proves, all you need is an eye-catching motif, a strong colour palette and some experimental typography to secure your viewer’s attention. Founded by Ursula Janowska and Filip Tofil, a pair who met at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Syfon has a knack for unfussy, playful work, demonstrated perhaps most effectively in this series of posters made for an exhibition of poster design at the Institute of Design Kielce. Mixing traditional techniques with fun motifs and using a strict three-colour printing technique, the resulting series is a barrel of laughs.

A black and white portrait of a bald person with geometric shapes covering their face. A black circle covers one eye, a red triangle covers the nose and mouth, and a white square with the word “Designer” and a block of text covers the other eye.
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An abstract illustration in red, black and white. Geometric shapes and a single arrow create a fragmented composition, with a profile of a face on the right. Small text on the left begins with the word “Piaskociste”.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

A graphic poster in red, white and black featuring abstract shapes and organic forms. Text at the bottom reads “Polska Szkoła Plakatu” above a short paragraph of Polish text.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

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Syfon Studio: Posters

A diagram of a football pitch in black and white, overlaid with red cylinders and connecting arrows. A white circle in the top left contains the text “Swiss design” and a list of names.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

A surrealist collage of black and red elements arranged in a diagonal line across a grey background. The composition includes a red Apple logo, a black sausage, a rolled piece of paper, and a small portrait of a person. An arrow pierces through the arrangement, and text at the bottom reads “Kultura remixu”.
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A black and white graphic poster featuring a silhouette of a hammer angled across the page. A small nail is positioned as if it is being driven through the hammer’s handle. In the top left, a heading reads “Myślenie plakatowe” above a block of small Polish text.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

A black and white graphic poster featuring bold, abstract shapes and distorted typography. The central composition forms the word “Kurde, robia dzisiaj wszyscy” in a stylised, architectural layout.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

An illustration of a white brick wall with a block of text in the top left corner titled “Etyka projektanta-grafika”. A red butterfly rests on the bricks, while a single red brick falls from a gap in the wall.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

An illustration of a black, bird-like creature with long legs running across a red background. A large white circle sits behind the figure, with a small white cloud and triangle below. Text in the top left reads “Gwiazda projektowania”.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

An illustration of a red, rounded face with two large, circular white eyes. A black circle in the centre reads “Student grafiki & projektowania”, with smaller text below. A white tongue lolls out from a simple mouth at the bottom.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

A black and white portrait of a person whose head is obscured by a large, black, bubble-like shape. Centred within the shape is the Polish text “Profesor akademicki” followed by a short paragraph of smaller text.
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Syfon Studio: Posters

A graphic poster featuring the word “Biennale” rendered as glossy, red, sausage-like shapes. The text is laid over a grayscale, ornate architectural background with a small white text box in the bottom right.
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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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