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Graphic Design Festival Paris reveals 19 sport-inspired posters by Hort, Julia, Spassky Fischer and more

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Jenny Brewer
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Date
12 January 2017
A graphic poster featuring abstract shapes and jagged speech bubbles on a grey background. The bubbles contain the phrases “cheer us on!”, “feel free to clap!” and “let’s do it!”. At the bottom, a white banner reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” alongside the words “Creative Sport” and “Hort”.
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Hort

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Julia

A graphic poster on a bright yellow background features a pile of stylised sports balls. The balls form the letter “O” in the word “SPORTS”, which is written in bold black type. At the bottom, text reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” alongside the name “Julia” and the “JCDecaux” logo.
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Julia

Graphic Design Festival Paris has commissioned a series of 19 posters around the theme of Creative Sport, to be displayed around Paris, London and New York until 22 February 2017. The series has been curated by French graphic design studios Stéréo Buro and Frenchfourch, who in turn invited 19 international graphic designers to submit work. According to the curators, these are “graphic designers and illustrators who take formal risks, who wish to challenge institutional conformity by moving beyond the frame”.

Among those taking part are Berlin studio Hort, whose designer Chris Harnan created artwork that explores “the aesthetic and attitude of sports advertising and posters, and tries to create some kind of antithesis,” he explains. “What would normally try to inspire seriousness, aggression and competition, inspires the extreme opposite: doing your best and taking part.”

London studio Julia, French designer Paul Loubet, Hungarian designer Tamás Al, Amsterdam-based Marta Veludo and one of our Ones to Watch, Spassky Fischer, also contributed works that depict the energy of sport in eclectic ways.

Also featured are Raphael Garnier, Horstaxes, Super-Structure, Lomé Lu, Studio Jimbo, Pol-Edouard, Pierre Vanni, Jérémy Piningre, Geriko, Adrien Frégosi, The Rodina, Twice and Sera Yong.

They will be shown on 1600 JCDecaux screens around the three cities, as well as being displayed in the Palais-Royal, Paris and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs from 24 January – 5 February, as part of a programme of events for the festival.

A colourful illustration of a sports field under a dark blue night sky with a yellow moon. Stylised figures are scattered across a green pitch and a red court, appearing as a collection of geometric shapes. Text at the bottom reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” and “Creative Sport Paul Loubet”.
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Paul Loubet

A colourful illustration in pink, purple and teal depicts a stylised tennis scene. Bold text at the top reads “CHAUSSETTES ET MATCH”, while a figure in white athletic wear swings a racket.
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Jérémy Piningre

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Marta Veludo

A colourful graphic design poster titled “Table of Trophies”. The layout features abstract, geometric shapes in pastel pink, yellow, and blue, alongside two black lists of page numbers and titles. The bottom of the page includes the “Graphic Design Festival” logo and the name “Marta Veludo”.
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Marta Veludo

A bold typographic poster featuring the numbers “21” and “3” in large black characters on a white background. A colourful horizontal strip at the bottom reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” alongside the name “Spassky Fischer”.
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Spassky Fischer

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Pierre Vanni

A graphic poster featuring a colourful, undulating wave shape made of overlapping circles in blue, yellow, green and red. Below this, the numbers “2 1 3” are printed in black on a white rectangular block. Small text at the bottom reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” and “Pierre Vanni”.
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Pierre Vanni

A black and white collage featuring abstract, organic shapes and textured gradients. A large white silhouette of a trophy cup sits at the centre, surrounded by jagged forms and star-like motifs. At the bottom, text reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” alongside the name “Raphaël Garnier”. The initials “R.G.” appear in bold in the lower right.
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Raphael Garnier

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Pol Edouard

A vibrant, colourful illustration of a boxer sitting in their corner between rounds. Two people attend to them, one holding a water bottle to their lips and another holding a drink with a straw. The boxer wears red gloves and a green belt that reads “BOXING”, with a white towel draped around their neck.
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Pol Edouard

A bold abstract poster featuring flowing, organic shapes in red, blue, yellow, green and black. A white text block in the bottom left reads “NO WORDS NEED TO BE TOLD”. The bottom margin contains the “Graphic Design Festival” wordmark and the name “Sera Yong”.
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Sera Yong

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Horstaxe

An abstract poster featuring a textured grey background with a black grid. A bright blue and yellow shape contains a large white circle, with a bold white diagonal line cutting across the composition. Text at the bottom reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris”.
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Horstaxe

An illustration of a sleek, futuristic train speeding along a track. Three figures in metallic suits sit in the open carriages, while the train's nose features the word “GERIKO”. The bottom of the image contains a white border with text reading “Graphic Design Festival” and “GERIKO Nagano 1998”.
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Geriko

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Lomé Lu

A comic-style illustration divided into three panels. It shows figures interacting with large, grid-patterned screens and structures in a minimalist, architectural space. At the bottom, a footer reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” alongside the name “Lomé Lu” and the “JCDecaux” logo.
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Lomé Lu

An illustration of a pink figure in a green shirt and brown shorts holding a yellow trophy aloft. A white rugby ball flies through the air beside them against a grey sky. A white banner at the bottom reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” and “Creative Sport Adrien Frégosi”.
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Adrien Frégosi

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Super-Structure

A distorted, high-contrast black and white image of a face, rendered as a fluid, melting form. Below the image, a white banner contains the text “Graphic Design Festival Paris London – New York” and “SUPER-STRUCTURE”.
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Super-Structure

A graphic poster featuring a dark grey background with the word “TRAINING” repeated in a grid of large, muted letters. Jagged, bright yellow shapes tear across the centre, overlaid with a large white “W” and “K”. The bottom white banner reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” and credits “Studio Jimbo”.
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Studio Jimbo

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Tamas Al

An illustration of a blue-skinned person in a red and orange patterned T-shirt and brown shorts. They are positioned in front of a grey robotic figure with its arms raised against a yellow background. Text at the bottom reads “Graphic Design Festival Paris” and “Creative Sport Tamás Ál”.
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Tamas Al

A 3D render of a complex, winding maze made of flesh-toned, tubular shapes. Numerous realistic human eyes are embedded throughout the curves, with small red labels marking the “START” and “FINISH”. The bottom of the image features a white banner for the “Graphic Design Festival Paris” and the text “CREATIVE SPORT THE RODINA”.
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The Rodina

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Twice Studio

A collage of repeating, distorted images of rugby players in white and blue kits. The figures are fragmented and layered, creating a dense, abstract pattern of limbs and jerseys. At the bottom, a white banner contains the text “Graphic Design Festival Paris” and “Creative Sport Twice Studio France”.
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Twice Studio

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Jenny Brewer

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Jenny oversees editorial output across It’s Nice That. Get in touch with writing pitches for features or opinion pieces, big creative story tips, or questions about all things editorial. jb@itsnicethat.com

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