Variations on the Theme of the Human Face, POSTER by Bruno Manari

With "Variazioni sul tema del viso umano" (variations on the theme of the human face) Bruno Munari constructs countless faces with well-defined and very different characteristics by means of different types of signs. An opportunity to play at breaking down and recomposing faces with ever-changing eyes, mouths, noses - and after all, play is a very serious activity, as he defines it - but also an example of good design."In how many ways and with what techniques can variations be made to a human face seen from the front?"In fact, Bruno Munari wrote in "Arte come Mestiere" (ed. Laterza, 1966) from which the drawings collected in this poster are taken: "This exercise serves, for a graphic designer, to find the most coherent image for a given theme, every image and every technique has precise attributes and transmits a given message. A graphic symbol for a cosmetics product cannot be the same as one for coal. Normally the graphic designer makes hundreds of small designs and then chooses one".

Printed in Italy by Edizioni Corraini. Black and White POSTER 50 x 70 cm.