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A graphic poster in red and black featuring several distorted, 3D wireframe shapes. Large text reads “CYBER-GHETTO” and “25.12 HYPERBOLOID NIGHT”. A line-up of artists is listed at the bottom, including “Lapti”, “Summer of Haze” and “Pixelord”.
A graphic poster in red and black featuring several distorted, 3D wireframe shapes. Large text reads “CYBER-GHETTO” and “25.12 HYPERBOLOID NIGHT”. A line-up of artists is listed at the bottom, including “Lapti”, “Summer of Haze” and “Pixelord”.

Russian designer Dima Shiryaev’s diverse poster designs for music nights 

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Date
24 March 2016

Based in St Petersburg, Russia, Dima Shiryaev’s Tumblr holds a deluge of great poster work. Created for club nights, parties, exhibitions and general experiments, the designer’s style is diverse, which lends itself well to the singular, one-hit nature of posters. 

Much of Dima’s work is type-focused interspersed with geometric shapes and contrasting colours. The designer plays with word and letter placement throughout to alter the pace and mood, allowing his posters to suit the event they’re advertising. In one poster manic, tightly-kerned type is used for a bass-heavy launch party, meanwhile letters are clustered together to mimic a series of art events involving neighbouring countries in another. 

A bold typographic poster in blue and orange. The word “KMCH” appears in large, stylised letters at the bottom, with the same text repeated in smaller blocks above. Other legible text includes “5 SEPTEMBER” and “FRI”.
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Dima Shiryaev

A typographic poster featuring fluid, ribbon-like letters in vibrant gradients of orange, green, blue and yellow. The stylised text reads “Ola Ola Raf” across three lines, with the date “22 09” in the top right corner. Small text and a logo appear at the bottom, including a phone number and a Facebook link for “dombeat”.
Two red and black posters for a “Capital Bass: Pahatam Release Party”. The designs use bold, distorted typography and geometric shapes to create a rhythmic, abstract layout.
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Dima Shiryaev

A graphic poster featuring a mix of bold typography and abstract patterns in red and green. The word “PATTERN” is centred in large red letters, surrounded by the names “Radzievsky”, “Shutta” and “Vcnt”. Four rectangular panels show different textures, including wood grain and water ripples. Text at the bottom reads “About last night”, with smaller event details and a logo at the base.
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Dima Shiryaev

A black and white typographic poster featuring bold, distorted shapes and high-contrast patterns. Text around the edges reads “Kito Jempere”, “Nachtbraker”, “30 August 2014 Saturday” and “Heist / Dirt Crew Netherlands”.
A bold, geometric poster in blue, pink and yellow. Large yellow typography reads “KIMBAR” and “VITALIK”, with the date “01.02” at the top.
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Dima Shiryaev

A grid of 15 colourful abstract flags in red, blue, yellow, green and white. Below the grid, a line of text in Russian reads “7 июня, 2014, суббота” and “Кимбар и Виталик”.
A graphic poster in orange and deep purple featuring distorted, elongated typography. The letters are stretched and folded like ribbons, with the numbers “20” and “04” stacked in a small box.
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Dima Shiryaev

A bold blue and white poster featuring a stylised globe graphic. Text reads “Windows95”, “Acid Mafia”, “Sab”, “Gillepsy”, “Pixellord” and “Raumskaya”, with “#Internet Ghetto” curved around the globe.
A graphic poster featuring bold, dark grey typography that reads “KIM BAR VITALIK”. The text is interspersed with colourful 3D geometric shapes, including a red and blue block, a yellow cone and a red zig-zagging tube. Two circles in the centre contain the numbers “18” and “08”.
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Dima Shiryaev

A graphic poster in navy blue and orange featuring a geometric grid of lines and shapes. The central text reads “Zeroing”, surrounded by the names “Anton Zap”, “Chizh”, “Ignatyev” and “Ika”. The top left corner displays the date “13/03/15”. Small text at the bottom lists the start time as “23:00” and includes a phone number and the “Hub” logo.
A green poster featuring black line art and bold typography that reads “EAT MY BEAT MR LENSKII”. Stylised illustrations of a burger and other abstract shapes are woven between the letters.
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Dima Shiryaev

A navy blue poster for an event called “Neighbours”. The word is split across four lines in bold white typography, interspersed with various simplified flag icons. The right side of the poster reads “powered by Finlandia” and “Local Talk Label Night”. The names “Kyodai” and “Dj Mad Mats” appear alongside the main text.

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Rebecca Fulleylove

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Rebecca Fulleylove is a freelance writer and editor specialising in art, design and culture. She is also senior writer at Creative Review, having previously worked at Elephant, Google Arts & Culture, and It’s Nice That.

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