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Japanese Vintage Posters on Social and Political Issues

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Japanese Vintage Posters on Social and Political Issues

Maria Papaefstathiou, from Graphic Art News has put together a fantastic selection of vintage Japanese posters presenting political, social and environmental messages. Along it, she poses an interesting reflection: “It is remarkable how we still design and spread exactly the same messages… after decades… One would wonder, if social design does provoke…”

What do you think about this statement? Share your thoughts with us on the comments below!

Via Graphic Art News

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Print’s 75th Anniversary

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Print’s 75th Anniversary

Earlier this year, in honor of Print’s 75th anniversary, Debbie Millman asked 75 of the best creatives working today to design one word:

“Print”

The community responded with 75 pieces, offering reinterpretations of the Print masthead, reflections on the printed form, spins on Print’s history, and everything in between. They all, in one way or another, reveal an insight into the creator’s mind and the medium at large.

What do you think about these images? Which one is your favorite? Do you have an original idea for your own interpretation of the word?

Via Printmag

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Save Water, the virtual poster collection

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Save Water, the virtual poster collection

The group Paletrang has announced the winners of its first virtual poster water festival. 186 posters were submitted by 127 designers and 30 posters were chosen as the elected representatives of the festival which will be displayed on the website and other social networks. 

The winners of the competition are:

First prize: Farzad Saeedi
Runner up: happiness Mousavi
Third place: Reza Tehrani justice

Selected designers for the festival:

A. Shafii | Just Khodaverdi | Ali Abdullah Zadeh | Ali Kazemi | Ali Mohammad Karami | Amir Mohammad tithe | A. Assyrian-F Case | Daisies Youssefian | Imran Abdullahi | Farzad Saeedi | F. point | F. Tamehr | Hamid rescue | Hossein Eskandari | She Hazraty | Mohsen Jafari | Mohsen Khalili Grnamy | M. Rahmani only | Munira Pvrazz | Mustafa Daghmh Chi | Lily Mina | Omid Mohammadi |Yassin large

 

Via Paletrang

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Designers for Typo Circle – poster set

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Designers for Typo Circle – poster set

The Typographic Circle was formed in 1976 to bring together anyone with an interest in type and typography – this simple quote greets us on the Typo Circle’s website – a non-profit out that stages a variety of type and typography related events, among them monthly lectures by well-known profesional illustrators, designers, typographers and creative studios. Each of them creates a poster for his own event. Here – couple of examples, made by: Henrik Kubel, Airside, Alan Kitching, Andy Altmann, Magpie Studio and GBH. You can find the complete set here.

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Eye Sea Posters – keep an eye on good vintage graphics

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Eye Sea Posters – keep an eye on good vintage graphics

Eye Sea Posters is a London based shop in where you can find nice, unique examples of Polish vintage posters. In this post you can appreciate works of Maciej Hibner, Kapela, Maciej Zbikowski, Lech Majewski and Jakub Erol, which form parts of this big and beautiful collection. Want to see more beautiful posters? Check out all of them here.

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Wall geometry

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Wall geometry

Pure compositions and colorful backgrounds are the recipe for success in the project entitled A GEO A DAY by Isabella Conticello. These decorative pictures seem to be a great complement for modern interiors or a powerful contrast for some vintage accents. What do you think about these images? In which kind of space would you like to see them? The whole series can be seen here. 

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Vintage posters from Rue Marcellin

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Vintage posters from Rue Marcellin

Rue Marcellin is a poster shop specialized in authentic vintage posters. There, you can also find litographs and other printed antique art. Carefully selected originals are ordered according to the historical period (1860s – 1960s), artist, size, orientation, type, collection, theme, country and colour. On the FAQ page you can also find a lot of important an helpful information about printing techniques, methods of conservation and many other interesting things about vintage art. In addition to the  posters available for sale there is also a blog with information on vintage art and a  rich Pinterest selection. All these elements make Rue Marcellin´s website a really good source of information and vintage inspirations. In the words of  the owner of Rue Marcellin´s shop: “There’s just something magical, bold, and beautiful about it…yet elegant and interesting at the same time”. Definitely, vintage art can become a piece of magic on the wall and can look very stylish in many types of interiors.

For more – visit Rue Marcellin website.

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Swiss Poster Collection

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Swiss Poster Collection

Happy New Year!! Let’s begin 2015 with some amazing posters from the Swiss Poster Collection. This extensive series of posters presents works of many talented designers. All posters are shared for educational purposes. Currently the collection includes almost 500 posters, odered chronologically and accurately described (i.a. name of author and client, date of creation, technique and translation of meaning) – and it continues growing every year,

Here we choose ten posters to share with you, which as only a small sample of this great selection. You can explore whole virtual exhibition here.

1. Ballet, Ruedi Rüegg, Opernhaus, 1975

2. Die Lektion (The Lesson), Studio Niklaus Troxler , 1987

3. Mond auf, Film ab (Moon up, film on), Ernst Baechtold, 1987

4. Ausstellung “Licht” (Exhibition “Light”), Georg Staehelin, Ottenbach, 1991

5. Boxen/ko/Boxmeeting, Claude Kuhn, Bern, 1991

6. Jazz Festival Willisau ’91, Studio Niklaus Troxler, 1991

7. Die Bleichen Berge: Fotografien von Walter Niedermayr (White mountains: photographs), designer: Rose Müller, photographer: Setaprint, Zürich, 1994

8. Schweizer Obst-Geschenk der Natur: Mit Haut und Stil (Swiss fruit: gift of nature: with skin and style), Aurel Peyer, Zug, 1996

9. Boxplakat: Angehrn-Rocchigiani (Boxing Match: Angehrn vs Rocchigiani), Roland Hess, Zürich
Tamás Kiss, Zürich, 1997

10. Japanische Plakate Heute (Japanese posters today), Kazumasa Nagai, 2006 

Collection is donated by Ruedi Ruegg, Switzerland, supported by APG (Swiss Outdoor Advertising Company) and housed at Special Collections, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. Sponsored by School of Design.

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