Title | POSTERS |
Brand | ATAMIRA DANCE COMPANY |
Product / Service | POSTERS |
Category | B01. Posters |
Entrant | SAATCHI DESIGN WORLDWIDE Auckland, NEW ZEALAND |
Entrant Company | SAATCHI DESIGN WORLDWIDE Auckland, NEW ZEALAND |
Advertising Agency | SAATCHI DESIGN WORLDWIDE Auckland, NEW ZEALAND |
Name | Company | Position |
---|---|---|
Shabnam Shiwan | Saatchi Design Worldwide | Creative Director |
Josephine Ross | Saatchi Design Worldwide | Graphic Designer |
Anushka Bihari | Saatchi Design Worldwide | Graphic Designer |
Leah Surynt | Saatchi Design Worldwide | Graphic Designer |
Rachael Jackman | Saatchi Design Worldwide |
To illustrate the uniquely Maori perspective represented by the company. The posters needed to be reflective of the work being promoted, place the Maori culture at the heart of the performance and strongly differentiated from the more traditional European dance forms.
Atamira Dance Company is New Zealand leading Maori contemporary dance company. (The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.) Its work is strongly focussed on reflecting a Maori perspective, and is rich in storytelling and symobolism. In the last year Atamira Dance company has toured the Continental USA, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand.
The body is the centrepiece of the performance and therefore the posters. The typeface is derived from the form of the dancers and the layout reflects a key differentiator in Maori dance – where ballet, for example, is about flight and grace, Maori dance is much more about strong solid forms, symmetry and repetition. The posters reflect this. The patterning used is reflective of the carving, tattoo, traditional clothing and weaving elements of the cultural palette. The type design strongly reflects these references. A unique typeface was developed to provide a strong graphic support to the imagery. The vertical arrangement of the type suggests rising spirits, the mono typeface creating a sense of vertical uplift. Atamira means stage. The logomark, the letter ‘A’ captures two domains where the circle represents the stage and the corner represents the audience. The outline brings the two together, as the performance joins the company and its audience.
The posters, as well as being visually distinctive, reflect the key differentiator of this unique dance troupe – strong solid forms of symmetry and repetition and distinctly Maori in origin.