Kunsthalle: a Swiss exhibition poster with a nine-petal hairline rosette
Kunsthalle is the poster Editorial Pattern Lab opens with, built like a Swiss exhibition bill. The Swiss layout drops two hairline axes through the centre of a nine-petal rosette, drawn as 64 black copies at Line width 0.6 and cropped by the top and right edges, while the Wide typeface runs Kinetik 07 across the full measure at the foot. Mono dates, the formula and a readout of the curve's settings print around the sheet, so the poster documents how it was made.
Make it yours
Count the petals
Symmetry sets the petal count of the rosette, 9 here. Drop it to 5 for a sparse flower or push it to 14 for a dense chrysanthemum; the edition number in the top right corner follows the change.
Thin out the engraving
Copies decides how many hairline strands build the rosette. At 64 the petals read as engraved shading; cut it to 16 and the strands drawn in full ink every fourth line turn into visible outlines, more drawing than tone.
FAQ
Why do the rosette's petals pass behind Kinetik 07 without hiding it?
The Swiss layout knocks the headline out of the art: each letter gets a thin paper-colored gap where strands cross it, and a few strands reverse out through the letters. Type and line interlock, so the title stays readable even with 64 copies behind it.
How it works
Choose a layout and a line system
Combine one of 5 layouts, Swiss, Split, Cover, Caption or Oversized, with one of 5 equations, or start from one of 17 looks such as Kunsthalle, Riso Duo or Night Conference.
Write and set your copy
Edit the Eyebrow, Headline, Body and Footer, choose a Grotesk, Condensed, Wide or Serif Typeface, and wrap one word of the headline in asterisks to set it in serif italic.
Tune the drawing and use it
Adjust Symmetry, Resonance, Coupling, Phase, Warp, Copies, Line width and Shape scale, choose a Clean, Riso, Grid or Overprint finish and the colors, then sign in with a free UX Pilot account to use it on the canvas or export it.