Orpheus was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth. The major stories about him are centered on his ability to charm all living things and even stones with his music; his attempt to retrieve his wife from the underworld; and his death at the hands of those who could not…
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One part Rushdie, one part sweet typographic poster: To understand me you’ll have to swallow a world.
Poster design by Brett Thurman
Word: Badass Posters Based on Biblical Texts
Stumbled upon some great posters designed by Jim Lepage. Here are a few of my favs: Check out the rest of the OT here.
Cassandre: Master of The Airbrush!
Cassandre combined Synthetism and lyricism to create a new form of image to exalt the product: L’Intransigeant was a paen to communications; Etoile du Nord and Nord Express to the railways; and Normandie to the great ocean liners. Master of the airbrush (a technique that enabled him to produce smooth gradations of colour), the use…
I made this happen. It’s called design.
I would show my jobs to my mother, and she would always say the same thing: “That’s nice dear.” And then she would say, “Did you write it?” or “Did you do the drawing?” or “Did you take the pictures?” I’d always answer “no,” then I realized the problem. My answer was then, “I made…
Normalcy Out of Chaos
“Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organizing and manipulating of words and pictures.” ~Jeffery Veen Posters by Paul Tebbott
Health Care Graphic Design
(via the hopeful skeptic)
Schumann’s Myrthan Poster
Poster design for the Pittsburgh Song Collaborative’s presentation of Schumann’s Myrthen.
Interesting Movie Posters
Flickr Poster Finds
It’s hard to believe this last poster was created in the 1930’s. It fits right in amongst its contemporary friends. I think it is a sterling example that, like art and music, good design is timeless.