the stenburg brothers

Fred also let me have a look at one of his books, one about the Stenburg brothers - a pair of creatives during the Russian Revolution who collaborated on pads of film posters, as well as other creative areas. The film posters where highly innovative and revolutionary in terms of design. 
I love their use of photomontage within the posters, especially when paired with the dynamic angles. There is a running theme of 'the machine' throughout the designs - just little bits of man made structures and machines which highlights the constructivist's love of the industrial structure. I think it will be important to have an underlying sense of the machine somewhere within my book illustrations. Colour palette is really important as well - in their poster designs the palette is usually limited to about three colours often backed with a dense black to make the design really stand out. The colour palette is something I need to consider and keep consistent throughout the designs.