These posters are produced on request from various small independent events in France. Most of these events put on shows within a broad spectrum of experimental music, which allows me to approach typographic composition freely and push the limits of legibility as much as possible.

The process is simple and methodical: I define a grid based on the information and number of letters. In all the small rectangles I get, I use a template guide to draw circles of varying sizes that give me the architecture of the font. I try to find as many typographic variations as possible using this constraint. I enjoy creating complex images with very few tools.
I approach the whole thing like weaving. The basic grid corresponds to the vertical warp yarns, on which I draw the weft threads that create the overall ornamentation in a repetitive gesture. An image of a carpet: comfortable for listening to music in which the eye gets lost among the patterns.
These posters have been created over several years. I value the slow pace of production and the pleasure I get from drawing simply with a mechanical pencil at a 1:1 scale.
Regarding distribution, they are photocopied and printed in black and white on colored or plain paper to be displayed in the street.

Diane Malatesta, Poster design