Iranian Poster

イランのポスター / 1960s– / Style / Regional Graphics

The Iranian graphic culture Morteza Momayez opened: the line of Persian calligraphy fused with modernist composition, growing a poster tradition that speaks in poetic metaphor across revolution and war.

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Iranian Poster — Morteza Momayez, The Deer (Gavaznha) poster 1974 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain — Morteza Momayez, The Deer (Gavaznha) poster 1974 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Iranian Poster — Poster for the 12th Shiraz-Persepolis Arts Festival 1978 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain — Poster for the 12th Shiraz-Persepolis Arts Festival 1978 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

At a glance

Visual cues

Calligraphic line as form
Poetic metaphor
The compositional force of Persian script
A restrained palette

Best used for

Cultural event announcements that speak in metaphor rather than explanation
Setting Persian and Latin script as equals on one sheet

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Dictionary entry

Type: Turn one calligraphic stroke into the image and keep text small at the edge
Composition: A single image at the center with generous emptiness around it
Material: Two or three flat colors, counting the paper white as one
Caution: Piling metaphor on until every clue to the subject is gone leaves a sheet that never tells anyone what the event is.
Further study: Morteza Momayez / the Tehran International Poster Biennial / contemporary Iranian typography

Related entries

Polish Poster School (ポーランド・ポスター派)Same Regional Graphics lineage.Compare Iranian Poster and Polish Poster School
Kufic (クーフィー体)Shared effects: Luxury / Calm.Compare Iranian Poster and Kufic

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