What’s in an image?

Chapter 1

Theatre posters

We trace the Shakespearean origins of theatre posters with design author Steven Heller, visit The National Theatre’s latest exhibition with curator Rick Poynor and ask illustrator Rebecca Pitt what makes a good poster.

Chapter 2

Film posters with Vasilis Marmatakis

We sit down with Greek graphic designer Vasilis Marmatakis to talk about his collaboration on the film posters of director Yorgos Lanthimos, including ‘The Favourite’, ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ and ‘The Lobster’.

Chapter 3

Album artwork

Eye-catching record covers will have you hooked on an album before even listening to the music. We speak to musician Mark Pritchard and Australian visual artist Jonathan Zawada about their design process and the cover of their latest Warp Records album, ‘The Four Worlds’.