Showing posts with label Posters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Posters. Show all posts
2009/07/25
2009/07/04
Hans Hillmann: Sturm Über Asien
Sturm Über Asien poster. 1961, 84 x 61 cm, Germany
Hans Hillmann (Germany 1925–)
2009/06/29
Jan Tschichold: Die Kameliendame
Die Kameliendame poster 1927, 118.5 x 84 cm
Jan Tschichold (Germany, 1902–1974)
2009/06/20
Bart Anthony van der Leck: Delft Salad Oil Factories
Delft Salad Oil Factories poster. 89 x 59.5 cm, The Netherlands
Bart Anthony van der Leck (The Netherlands, 1876–1958)
2009/06/10
2009/06/09
Erik Nitsche: Subway Posters
Say it fast...often...in color poster, 1947. 155 x 74.5 cm, USA
Erik Nitsche (Switzerland,1908–USA 1998)
Nitsche was a pioneer in the design of books, annual reports, and other printed material that relied on meticulous attention to the details of page composition, the elegance of simple type presentation, and the juxtaposition of elements on a page. His hallmarks were impeccably clear design, brilliant colors, smart typography, and an adherence to particular geometric foundations. He moved to the United States at the age of 26, where he had a successful career as graphic designer and art director. After 1960's he worked mainly on children's books.
2009/05/29
Roman Cieślewicz: Zawrót Głowy
Zawrót Głowy (Vertigo Poster), 83 x 59 cm, Poland
Roman Cieślewicz (Poland 1930–France 1996)
To me a picture could never be separated from the content. I always go for the maximum picture and the maximum information. You need to stimulate imagination to the maximum. —Roman Cieślewicz
Cieslewicz earned huge international recognition, exhibiting his works throughout the world. He was one of the key founders of the Polish poster school which promoted simplicity and clarity of artistic statement, use of the synthetic sign and poetic metaphor, and abundance of means of expression. His artistic interests included posters, press and publishing prints, typography, photography, photomontage and exhibiting.
2009/05/18
William H. Bradley: The Chap‐Book
The Chap‐Book poster. 1895, 52.5 x 35.5 cm, USA
William H. Bradley (USA 1868–1962)
The name "Chap-Book" came from the earliest days of printing. In the sixteenth century chapbooks — or "cheap" books — were short pamphlets, often illustrated, that contained folk stories, remedies, and other popular literature.
2009/05/10
Gustav Klucis: The Development of Transportation, The Five-Year Plan
The Development of Transportation, The Five-Year Plan. 1929.
Gravure. 28 7/8 x 19 7/8" (73.3 x 50.5 cm)
Gustav Klucis (Latvian, 1895–1938)
Klucis is best known for his photomontages, claiming to having invented the sub-genre of political photomontage in 1918. He created energetic compositions, manipulating the scale and space of his subject matter while skewing perspectives; it is clear why his work holds a timeless modern appeal. My personal favorite image within the composition is the woman on camel-back waving, seen in the bottom right.
Klucis is best known for his photomontages, claiming to having invented the sub-genre of political photomontage in 1918. He created energetic compositions, manipulating the scale and space of his subject matter while skewing perspectives; it is clear why his work holds a timeless modern appeal. My personal favorite image within the composition is the woman on camel-back waving, seen in the bottom right.
2009/05/09
Celestino Piatti: Bell
Bell poster. Photo: Siegfried, 1962, VSK, Basel. 127.5 x 90 cm, Switzerland
I tried to find information as to what type of brand Bell was. I only found one sentence suggesting it was a large chain of stores that sold meat, poultry, and fish. There doesn't seem to be much else available online.
Lance Wyman
Mexico City, Mexico 1968 Olympics Poster
Lance Wyman (U.S. 1937–)
Words are an effective method of communicating complicated interrelated ideas. It is symbols however that can communicate across the language barriers created by words. —Lance Wyman
2009/05/06
Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Phot. Roelotzen & Hübner Amsterdam, 1893. 98 x 60 cm, The Netherlands.
Hendrik Petrus Berlage (Dutch, 1856–1934)
2009/05/04
Herbert Matter
1950, Litho, in U.S.A. 116 x 73.5, USA. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis poster
Herbert Matter (Switzerland, Engelberg 1907-USA, Springs 1984)
2009/05/01
Heini Fischer
Heini Fischer (Switzerland, Egerkingen 1921-)
1952, city-druck ag, Zurich. 128 x 90.5 cm, Switzerland
I like the structured typography in this poster and the overprinting letters. I also like how the arm holding the pipe interrupts the composition for the viewer's attention.
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