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Cyan event poster for a Yale School of Architecture open house, with heavy black bracket shapes framing bold geometric sans-serif type.
Summary
A two-color event poster where thick black bracket shapes act as architectural frames around bold geometric sans-serif type on a bright cyan ground.
Visual description
The whole poster is flat cyan with black as the only other color. Huge C-shaped black brackets, like extruded floor plans, enclose the oversized headline "Open House" set in a heavy geometric sans. Below, two smaller bracket modules hold "Yale School of Architecture" on the left and "Thursday Nov 3 2016 9:30am" on the right, forming a two-column detail band. A full-width black bar near the bottom carries fine-print event copy in small type, and a small "Yale Architecture" wordmark sits centered at the foot.
Key takeaway
Structural shapes can do the layout work: the brackets simultaneously frame, divide, and evoke architecture, so the poster needs no imagery. Two flat colors plus one typeface at three scales delivers full hierarchy.
Reuse notes
A template-grade pattern for lecture series, exhibitions, and institutional event posters. The bracket device adapts to any accent color; keep type geometric and heavy so it holds its own against the thick frames. Fine print survives well reversed inside a solid bar.
