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Graphic designer Makoto Saito's advertising posters are original because they place form above content in a medium that traditionally emphasizes the content, or products, advertised. Saito views his work first and foremost as art for its own sake rather than as promotional material geared to selling things. His designs evolved from reflecting a naked and visceral quality in the early 1980's to becoming more frantic and more difficult to define after 1985. Artistic influences in his later work include the Japanese motifs of Western Art Nouveau and Constructivism.
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Russian posters of the 1980s and 1990s have gained new credibility and audiences. These works show the influence of the Russian avante-garde. Posters of the 1990s tend to be structured with simple graphic language. They address subjects ranging from culture and sports to social matters and politics. However, they all communicate a concept between the designer and the viewer, without the interference of the totalitarian regime's concept of truth.
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The Swatch Pavilion at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA, is a whimsical innovative building disguised as a no-nonsense utilitarian structure. The watch company's building was designed to act with its exhibits like the cogs and wheels in a watch work together. The temporary structure resembles a trailer of see-through plastic with movement over the surface. It is prominently located near the award-ceremony site.
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