Why else do designers bang out minimalist film posters? Andrea Lange missed a reason: Because they work great in online thumbnails. Other graphic-design formats – including bedrocks of human civilization like body copy in books – work so badly online that you never see them, but a solid-coloured rectangle with a single figure and some type works just great.
Minimalist movie posters
The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2011.09.07 17:12. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2011/09/07/minimalist-posters/