Michal Krasnopolski stripped famous movie posters down to their absolute geometric minimum: just the shapes and colors that remain when you remove every recognizable element. What’s interesting is how many of them still work as posters. Design theory in action, whether he intended it that way or not.

There have been some clever redesigned versions of movie posters floating around the web in the last few years, but none as simple and minimal as Michal Krasnopolski’s. It’s as if the posters have been simmered on the stove until they are just the essence of the concept. They make me grin. Via FastCo Design:

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from the artist: 

The basic concept was to create a very modernist, minimalist poster series for movie enthusiasts.The idea is based on a very simple grid: a circle and two diagonals inscribed in a square. It surprised me how many posters I could create based on this very simple approach; the possibilities are theoretically unlimited.

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