Blog: Posters

30 December 2010

Art and dodging

Art and dodging

UK dismay at spending cuts and tax avoidance finds a graphic outlet
What with student protests, tax cuts and the unions threatening mass strikes, 2010 ends with revolution…

17 December 2010

Escape from nostalgia

Escape from nostalgia

alexander ecob

Letterpress methods and the struggle between progress and pastiche
As Christmas draws closer, many of us can look forward to receiving wonderful gifts which…

13 December 2010

Not the high street

Not the high street

liz farrelly, the shopping department

More graphic pop-up shopping on the south coast of Britain
Pop-up shops blossom at this time of year. It is, after all, retail’s most lucrative…

6 December 2010

Past Christmas presents

Past Christmas presents

john ridpath, the events department

Festive department store posters from the 1920s and 30s
Department store Heal’s have started this year’s festive season with a call for customers to…

3 December 2010

Pop shop

Pop shop

the shopping department

Head to Brighton for some graphic treats in the run up to Christmas
On 3 December Pay & Display, a pop-up gallery in Brighton, will open its doors…

29 November 2010

Rattle, clatter and forme

Rattle, clatter and forme

sally jeffery

‘Forward Thinking’ told letterpress designer-printers to stay honest
A roomful of handy-looking individuals gathered at St Bride Library for the ‘Forward Thinking’ letterpress…

25 November 2010

Spinning, swirling, reeling

Spinning, swirling, reeling

This history of mind-altering drugs favours the eye over the brain
‘High Society’, the Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition, aims to chart a 2000-year history of mind-altering…

22 November 2010

The science of magazine design

The science of magazine design

the magazine department

Stack America’s infographic explores the fundamentals of art direction
Few people outside the hothouse world of magazine production realise what a difficult and intellectually…

31 October 2010

Blood and cleavage

Blood and cleavage

chris brawn

A new book of scary posters and super creeps from the house of Hammer
The upcoming release of Let Me In, an English-language remake of the Swedish horror Let…

27 October 2010

Just their type

Just their type

the events department

Typographic posters go on display at Foyles in London
A new exhibition of typographic posters opens at Foyles Gallery today. As part of the…
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