Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago

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Welcome to this Swiss Geometric Poster design tutorial!

If you want to create a clean and simple geometric Swiss-style poster design in Illustrator then this is the video for you!

In this video we will be looking at a specific Swiss design approach where we will be using geometric blocks and shapes as part of the poster design.

For this poster design, we will be looking at how to set up a document, how to use a grid, how to include artwork, how to work with type and how to work with colour and create variations.

After this video, you will be able to create geometric Swiss-style posters like this in Adobe Illustrator super easily!

Let's Get Into It!

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FEATURED LINKS:


👀 VIEW: Swiss Geometric Poster Pinterest Board
pinterest.co.uk/GD_Studio/swiss-poster/geometric


👀 VIEW: Poster Content Google doc
docs.google.com/document/d/1luASbkcLp-nPUg8GRn0eTHiXkHAZHINXypTpTh6rsjg/edit?usp=sharing


📥 DOWNLOAD: Poster Grid Sketchbook

The Poster Grid Sketchbook comes as part of the Poster Design eBook:
youtu.be/q3tLbvp9MNE


📥 DOWNLOAD: Geometric Texture Kit
garethdavidstudio.com/design_school_resource_library/pages/design-resources.html


👀 VIEW FONTS: Swiss Font Inspiration
garethdavidstudio.com/font_book/poster-fonts/swiss-style-fonts.html


📥 DOWNLOAD: Colour Palette

Get as part of the Geometric Texture Kit
garethdavidstudio.com/design_school_resource_library/pages/design-resources.html


👀 VIEW: My Poster Design Sketches
drive.google.com/file/d/1UUyJyXkCmhf31mVeCp9QIHPrGx5ooXc6/view?usp=sharing


📥 GET TUTORIAL POSTER FILES:

The poster Illustrator files come as part of the Poster Design eBook:
youtu.be/q3tLbvp9MNE



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KEY AREAS:

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:23 Get Inspired For Poster Design
00:03:42 Contents For Poster Design
00:04:31 Sketching For Poster Design
00:06:30 Artworking Poster Design
00:07:32 Set Up Poster Grid
00:09:56 Working With Image
00:12:06 Working With Type
00:17:44 Working With Colour
00:19:40 Explore Colour Options
00:21:42 Explore Type Options
00:22:28 Explore LayoutOptions
00:26:25 What Can We Learn?


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POSTER DESIGN EBOOK

This lesson is part of a bigger series on poster design, and part of the Poster Design eBook.

If you want to take a closer look at the examples I demonstrated in this video and learn more about poster design, with tutorials on how to make a poster design and undertake a poster design challenge.

You can invest in the poster design Ebook

GET EBOOK HERE: youtu.be/q3tLbvp9MNE?si=h_lvSZtsFUTLUe2E

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GDS DESIGN COMMUNITY


This video was created for all my members of the GDS design school community.

If you would like to join the GDS design school community, where we chat about design, give each other feedback and where I set design challenges.

You are all welcome to join for free

JOIN FREE HERE: discord.gg/WCCF8cdCYN

See you there


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