Creative direction · New Human

Chinese Elements poster series

Five elements. One information system.

The five Chinese Elements posters
Organization
New Human
Role
Creative Director
Scope led
Design system, five posters, print production
Timeframe
2019

A sixteen by twenty inch poster series that turns a dense body of reference material into five coordinated wall charts. I led the design and the print production, and practitioners bought the set for their offices.

Work by Will Mosley during his tenure as Creative Director at New Human. Design and print leadership confirmed.

Fire and Water posters framed for a practitioner office

01

Made for the wall.

The series was designed for practitioner offices, where it has to hold up at reading distance. Framed side by side, the posters read as one set.

One grid, five colors

02

One grid, five colors.

Every poster opens with a black header band, a large character and a photograph, then settles into the same columns. Color alone signals the element.

Air and Metal poster at full size

03

Diagrams do the explaining.

A body figure, the five element cycle and a circular chart sit at the center of each poster, surrounded by lists that read top to bottom.

Up close

Dense, but never crowded.

A black header band and large character open every poster.
A black header band and large character open every poster.
The five-element cycle sits in the same place on all five.
The five-element cycle sits in the same place on all five.
A reference strip runs along the bottom edge.
A reference strip runs along the bottom edge.

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