Blog: Posters

1 October 2011

Noted #13

Noted #13

noted

Numerals, French alphabets and Chinese posters online
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

23 September 2011

Graphic designers in Barcelona

Graphic designers in Barcelona

the events department

This year’s AGI Open has the theme: ‘What. How. Why.’
There’s just over a week to go until this year’s AGI Open in Barcelona (…

21 September 2011

Matters of life and death

Matters of life and death

Celebrating photojournalism at Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan
Plumes of black smoke rise to the right as you gaze over the river that…

12 September 2011

Ghostly symbol

Ghostly symbol

books received

A new book explores contemporary culture’s obsession with the skull
From ancient sculptures to the Damien Hirst, via Shakespeare’s Yorick and the Grateful Dead, the…

29 August 2011

Noted #8

Noted #8

noted

Why care about type? Ben Bos, HMV and playbills from the Leeds archive
More links to sites, articles and interviews that grabbed our attention this week. ‘How to…

26 August 2011

Brothers in arts

Brothers in arts

alexander ecob

The Stenberg brothers’ posters are as beguiling today as they ever were
While debates rage about the relevance of the poster to contemporary graphic design (see ‘Help!’…

10 August 2011

Handmade hashtag

Handmade hashtag

the poster department

Impromptu bulletin board gives positive voice to riot-struck Londoners
The boarded-up window of Poundland’s Peckham branch has become an emotionally charged bulletin board for…

8 August 2011

Modern visions

Modern visions

the events department

Estorick exhibition to crown Edward McKnight Kauffer the ‘poster king’
While debate furiously rages as to whether the poster is still (or ever has been)…

4 July 2011

Olympic deliverance

Olympic deliverance

alex cameron

Do posters have much to do with graphic design any more?
My initial reaction to the news that British artists – rather than graphic designers –…

1 July 2011

Flawed iris

Flawed iris

john l. walters

Little White Lies dreams up a parallel universe of 1970s movie mag covers
For those of us old enough to remember the 1970s, the current vogue for hair…
 
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