Chirashi

Chirashi are mini-posters/ flyers used to advertise movies in Japan. They are double sided with the poster on one side and information and more imagery from the film on the reverse. Due to the fact they are only available from movie theatres while the movie is showing, they are collectible movie memorabilia and rise in value based on age and scarcity. 


















They are similar to the unlimited magazines we get in Cineword cinemas in the UK but whereas the unlimited magazine has multiple movies in it a Chirashi is for one movie or sometimes will advertise some of the directors other works.

The Great Exhibition

Confident that you are the best in the world, the natural reaction is to show off your talents. In the mid-nineteenth century, Britain's success in engineering, inventing, science and the arts was displayed during the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was housed in The Crystal Palace built by Joseph Paxton who was also known for his work at Chatsworth house.

The Great Exhibition was put together in a very short time. It was the idea Henry Cole, a member of the Society of Arts, but took off when it gained support from Sir Robert Peel. Once Cole got Prince Albert’s backing and royal consent in January 1850, he encouraged the belief that it had been the Prince’s idea, as a way of attracting exhibitors and visitors.

Visitors were treated to 100,000 exhibits from around the world. Displays included industrial inventions, medical artefacts, labour-saving devices, arts, such as photography, and all kinds of novelties. Visitors could look at tinned foods, a stuffed elephant and a locomotive, as well as the massive Koh-I-Noor diamond and an envelope-folding machine. Jean Bernard Léon Foucault hung a pendulum from the roof to demonstrate the rotation of the earth.

Although the Crystal Palace burned down in 1936 but the Great Exhibition left several legacies. The building’s nickname lives on as the name of the area where it stood for over 80 years and a London football club. The money from the Exhibition was used, along with public money, to buy land in South Kensington. This would later become the site for the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Royal Albert Hall.

http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-london/the-great-exhibition

Olly Moss's Studio Ghibli work

Olly has worked with Studio Ghibli and Mondo to create some official posters for some Ghibli's biggest films. Olly is a fan of the films himself and you can tell with these prints. 

Olly Moss

Olly Moss is an Englih Grapic designer who is well know for his re-imagining of movie posters and designs based on popular media such as video games and TV. His designs can range from posters to bone china. He has been commissioned by many big companies such as Marvel, DC, The Academy Awards, Warner Bros and Studio Ghibli just to name a few. But he also does designs as just his own doodle like designs like Pokemon, Guardians of the Galaxy, Game of Thrones. Much of his commissioned work is sold at the San Diego Comic Con and any of his other work is sold on his online store.

These are some plates he design for himself based on video games using the willow pattern as a influence.

An official poster designed for The Dark Knight Rises

A poster created for Disney Nothing is Impossible gallery

http://ollymoss.com/

http://www.moss.fm/

Transformers Boxset

 Thiswas the first design I created, it was the cover for a Transformers movie boxset. Looking back it now I see that had a lot of rough edges but I still like the design.

Top Grossing Anime Films Info Graphic

This is an info graphic for the top grossing anime films from 2000-2013, I used stills from the films and parts of the movie posters.

EK Academy Logo/Title

This is a logo/title I created with my friend Jake Swift for a story I'm writing, EK Academy but I used the K as an C to make it fit together and I think its quite stylised.