Breaking the grid

Composition, not grid based graphic design

David Carson's style influenced my poster design for Skate at Somerset House. In Photoshop I cropped the image, desaturated it and added a large amount of noise. I imported the image into InDesign and created a panel of type with negative line spacing to add texture across the centre of the image. I then arranged the fonts across the image. Skate at Somerset House was set in a very graphic style of typeface. My design does not have that same chaotic rawness that is key to Carson's style.