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A bold typographic poster with a grainy, cosmic background in purple and green. Large 3D lettering in a gradient of lime, pink and blue reads “EFFECT RATING”. Smaller text at the bottom announces a solo exhibition by Johann Ahrens at deServiceGarage in Amsterdam.

Graphic Design: Eye-popping posters from the phenomenal Michiel Schuurman

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Date
19 July 2013

There’s few people out there in the creative world who understand print quite as well as Michiel Schuurman; the man is a master at producing fiendishly complex typographic posters and then turning them into laboriously screen printed final pieces which he prints all under his own steam. Ten, 20, 30 colours, mixing colours on screen, printing rasterised images so small that the pixellation barely registers on the final print – this guy does it all, like an ink-slinging maverick. Pleasingly he also does it with phenomenal results. The vibrancy of Michiel’s posters in the flesh is nothing short of incredible and puts many a giclee-reliant illustrator to shame. It’s good to get your fingers inky, particularly when the results look this ruddy good.

A 3D render of the word “STEREOPHONIC” in distorted, rounded lettering. The text is formed by a series of thin, horizontal lines with chromatic aberration effects in red, green and blue.
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Michiel Schuurman: Stereopsis

A colourful typographic poster reads “The Arranging of Books by Color”. The letters are rendered as chunky 3D blocks in a gradient of blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Smaller text at the bottom announces a solo exhibition by Pedro Beckers in Amsterdam.
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Michiel Schuurman: The Arranging of Books

A grainy, black and white 3D render of overlapping typographic forms. The composition features the numbers “2012” and “35000” above the word “RUSSIA”.
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Michiel Schuurman: Amsterdam Art Price

A poster featuring a grainy, blue-toned image of a metal tower against a clear sky. Bold, distorted text across the centre reads “A DISTANT BIRD SINGING”. Smaller red text at the bottom provides event details and a location in Amsterdam.
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Michiel Schuurman: A Distant Bird Singing

A bold typographic poster with a red and orange halftone gradient background. Large, distorted 3D lettering in the centre reads “I SAY WE”. Smaller text at the bottom reads “deservicegarage presents I say we” followed by a list of names and event details.
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Michiel Schuurman: I Say We

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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