25 (of the) Top Movie Posters of All Time with commentaries from non-movie-poster designers. Ignore or critique the ranking, note any obvious omissions, or just chuckle at the unstated similarity between #13 and #14. Still, a fine showcase of movie - and movie marketing - history.
posted by oneswellfoop
on Mar 22, 2013 -
48 comments
Classic movies in miniature style. It all started 2 years ago with an experiment to blend traditional ‘oriental’ (Ottoman) motifs and contemporary ‘western’ cinema. After a positive response to "Ottoman Star Wars", I decided to take the theme further, and developed more film posters using the same technique.
posted by shakespeherian
on Jul 11, 2012 -
19 comments
Swissted New York graphic designer
Mike Joyce takes vintage flyers from punk, hardcore and indie rock shows and redesigns them "into international typographic style posters. Each poster is sized to the standard swiss kiosk dimensions of 35.5 inches wide by 50 inches high and set in berthold akzidenz grotesk medium, all lowercase. Every single one of these shows actually happened."
posted by BitterOldPunk
on Jan 11, 2012 -
36 comments
"Pryde and I came across it one day in an old stable, on a sack of fodder. It is a good, hearty, old English name, and it appealed to us, so we adopted it immediately."
That's how
The Beggarstaffs, a short lived but influential paring of graphic designers, got their name.
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posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Jun 16, 2009 -
9 comments
We all seem to know
about
Gary Panter: set designer
for
Pee-Wee's
play house and author of the
JIMBO
comics. His site archives an increasing radius: see his
comics, for instance,
some Jimbo covers:
1,
2, 3.
Or his
custom
drawings, which are done based on one to three words you supply. The ink drawings:
1,
2, 3
and the
sketchbooks
are nice, too:
1,
2, 3,
4.
Seems like he's everywhere: writing on his
blog
or that oft remembered
manifesto,
sometimes
being
taught or
written
about. And, as connective tissue, his
Screamers
design is one of the more well regarded punk images out there. When I think
of Panter, I also think of
Raymond
Pettibon, brother
of
Greg
Ginn (Black Flag/SST). Featured in
PBS
ART 21 (check out the multi-media), his work graced numerous
Black Flag and
Minutemen
album covers and
flyers.
Zines
also played an early role in his development.
Mike
Watt's own
Hootpage documents some of
Ray's
art from the summer of 2003. Known for his
interplay
of
image
and
word,
some
pieces
seem to be in
process,
but
all
are
still
striking.
More
pieces can
be seen
at tractor.com. When I think of Pettibon, I sometimes think of
Art
Chantry. His
posters
(
1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6,
7) are
inspirational
and his
logos
ain't too shabby either. Mr. Chantry has been known to
debate
the rise and fall
of rock and roll graphic design,
speak
up on issues of the state of
graphic
design today (as well as
Seattle).
Some people can't
surf, indeed.
posted by safetyfork
on Feb 18, 2005 -
30 comments
