Night Tide Market Poster

A screen-printed event poster announces Night Tide Market in heavy condensed vermilion sans-serif across a warm cream field. The date line sits beneath: Fri 17 Oct, Pier 9, 6pm to 2am. Below, a single paper lantern floats in a navy rectangle, its ribs and glow rendered in coarse vermilion-and-cream halftone. Distorted red reflections break across dark water; sparse dots suggest distant lights. Slight ink misregistration and paper grain keep the print tactile and analog. Composition is Swiss in its hierarchy: type locked to the top, image centered, generous cream margins. The palette is limited to three flat inks—vermilion, ink navy, cream—so contrast reads from across a room. Mood is nocturnal and tidal: a harbor after dark, one lantern as moon and beacon. The work sits in the lineage of gig posters and mid-century Swiss graphic design, with a Japanese lantern motif recast as coastal night market signage.