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Two abstract graphic prints. The first features a series of vertical, zig-zagging columns in yellow, blue and red on a cream background. The second shows a grid of blurred, dark blue geometric shapes against a textured red backdrop.

Marius Roosendaal distracts us with these wonderfully designed geometric posters

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Date
30 May 2012

We all say we’ll do these little side projects we conjure up in our heads but usually it just ends in us saying things like: “I’ll build that table when I’ve finished this drawing of it” or “I just don’t know what wool to use” or “It’s still raining, I want to paint blue skies!” Marius Roosendaal is perhaps a little more productive though, setting out to “make something cool everyday” and while he may not have done it everyday, I’m willing to glaze over this because the posters he has produced are beautifully designed. Geometric shapes with wonderful hushed hues of purply-reds and blue-greens, there’s a simple sophistication to these that will continue to distract me from crocheting that pair of slippers I started in January.

A graphic design study titled “Transform” features a grid of overlapping green and blue geometric shapes. The shapes gradually shift and rotate across the page, transforming from solid blocks into X-shapes.
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Marius Roosendaal: Transform

A 3D render of a sphere with soft, blurred gradients of deep red and pale grey. The sphere sits against a muted green background with a horizontal red band stretching across the centre.
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Marius Roosendaal: Globe 3

A typographic poster featuring large, bold black letterforms arranged across a three-by-three grid. The cropped characters create abstract shapes against an off-white background. Small text in the centre reads “Experiment with grid and certain constraints in placing type within.”
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Marius Roosendaal: 37

A red poster featuring a cream-coloured geometric lattice pattern across the bottom two thirds. The number “30” is printed in the top right corner.
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Marius Roosendaal: 30

A graphic illustration on a purple background featuring a central diamond shape made of concentric lines. The number “72” appears in the top left corner.
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Marius Roosendaal: 72

A graphic illustration of a circular ring made of thin, light blue and black lines against a dark grey background. Text at the top reads “the Dream of the Sleepless Man”. Smaller text at the bottom reads “By Skalpel”, “Duration: 3:32” and “Album: Polish Jazz EP”.
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Marius Roosendaal: Sleepless Man

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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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