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A series of ten gold trophies on black plinths, arranged in two rows against a black background. Each figure is a different character from a film, with the year of the movie printed below.

Olly Moss re-imagines the Oscar statuette as all the Best Picture winners since 1927

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Date
13 February 2013

And the award for the best Oscar poster we’ve ever seen goes to… Olly Moss! He’d like to thank Gallery 1988 for the commission, his friends and family and of course all the film-makers whose tremendous work provided such rich inspiration. See what I did there! Terrific stuff, but not as terrific as this poster which reimagines the iconic Academy Award statuette in the style of all the Best Picture winners of the past 85 years. Some are quite straightforward (i.e. The Hurt Locker and Lawrence of Arabia) but there are lots of more subtle takes – I like that The Artist is in black and white and that (spoiler alert) A Beautiful Mind is an empty plinth. The small girl in the red jacket from Schindler’s List is awesome too – heck I love the whole thing. Well played Olly, well played indeed!

A grid of 90 gold Oscar statuettes against a black background. The figures are arranged in rows, with some posed in unusual or expressive positions. At the bottom right, a gold logo reads “85 Oscars”.
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Olly Moss: Oscars poster

A grid of 24 gold-coloured figures, each standing on a small black plinth against a black background. The figures are stylised versions of the Oscar statuette, modified to represent different people and poses.
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Olly Moss: Oscars poster (detail)

Two gold Oscar statuettes stand against a black background. The figure on the left holds a large spoon filled with food, while the figure on the right wears a red headband and holds a gun to their head.
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Olly Moss: Oscars poster (detail)

Two orange 3D renders of figures standing on circular plinths against a black background. One figure wears a bulky spacesuit and helmet, while the other wears traditional draped robes and a head covering.
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Olly Moss: Oscars poster (detail)

A series of ten gold-coloured trophies arranged in two rows against a black background. Each figure is stylised and unique, with dates ranging from “1931–32” to “1946” printed below them.
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Olly Moss: Oscars poster (detail)

Ten gold-coloured figurines are arranged in two rows against a black background. Each figure stands on a pedestal with a year printed below, ranging from 1972 to 1986.
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Olly Moss: Oscars poster (detail)

Ten gold trophies are arranged in two rows of five against a black background. Each figure is stylised to represent a different person or era, with years ranging from “1953” to “1967” printed below them.
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Olly Moss: Oscars poster (detail)

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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