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A 3D render of the word “borders” in bold, blue lettering against a black background. The letters are composed of repeating white text that reads “Borders Borders”, creating a textured, layered effect.

Bold typographic poster design from Berlin-based Sven Lindhorst-Emme

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Date
5 June 2015

When you come across a graphic designer who spent a full ten years learning about and working with lithograph printing, you can more or less put your money on the assumption that he’s going to be pretty good. Fortunately in Sven Lindhorst-Emme’s case we don’t have to assume at all, as the graphic designer has a bulging portfolio of work on his site, including more great poster design than we’re accustomed to finding in one place. 

Manipulating messages in witty and intelligent ways with bold typographic techniques, Sven’s skills are a natural fit for the medium – loud, striking and colourful. He’s currently working as a freelance designer at Fons Hickmann m23, as well as teaching communication design at Letter Verein in Berlin, so evidently we’re not the only ones who think so.

A typographic poster with a large black circle in the centre. Bold, elongated black text wraps around the circle, reading “Mein eigen Fleisch und Mut”. Smaller vertical text reads “Videokunst Ausstellung” and “Weserstraße 44”.
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Sven Lindhorst-Emme: Posters

A graphic illustration on a yellow background featuring a series of horizontal pink pencils. Blue text laid over the pencils reads “You have got beautiful pink nails”.
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Sven Lindhorst-Emme: Posters

A typographic poster for a talk featuring “Andrea Grützner” and “Sara-Lena Maierhofer”. The text announces the event on “6. 5. 2015” at “Lette Verein” in Berlin. The bottom half of the poster displays three photographs: a blurry portrait of a person in a suit, an abstract architectural shot with orange and beige tones, and a black and white image of a horse with a horn.
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Sven Lindhorst-Emme: Posters

A typographic poster in grey and white featuring a distorted, textured pattern. Large serif text reads “Die schönste Gewohnheit im Leben” and “Katja Skoppek”, with the dates “16 – 27 Mai” appearing in the centre.
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Sven Lindhorst-Emme: Posters

An illustration of a pile of raw red meat cuts. The pieces are arranged to form the word “MEAT” across the top and “EAT” below, with the small word “HUNGRY?” at the bottom.
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Sven Lindhorst-Emme: Posters

An illustration of three large balloons in red, blue and white against a black background. A thin needle is poised to pop the red balloon.
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Sven Lindhorst-Emme: Posters

A bold typographic poster featuring the word “DELUSION” in large, blue, sans-serif letters. The text is set against a black background filled with a dense, repeating pattern of the word “Borders”.
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Sven Lindhorst-Emme: Posters

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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