MetaFilter posts tagged with typography and posters

Gurafiku - Japanese graphic art and design

nickyskye — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:21:23 -0800

Visually sumptuous, Gurafiku is a collection of visual research pertaining to Japanese graphic design. Assembled by the designer abroad; Ryan Hageman. Some of the categories: Ukiyo-e | Illustration | Typography |Manga | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's |1990's. A fun image. If you click on a specific image, like the Japanese Ukiyo-e: Golden Pavilion. Hiroshi Yoshida. 1933 it shows who reblogged this, which often leads to other visually exciting sites, like spacehelmet, error888 etc.

John Mayer gets some really bitchin’ typography

joeclark — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:11:24 -0800

John Mayer gets some really bitchin’ typography. House Industries (last MeFi mention: 1999!) designs a limited-edition tour poster for the crooner who constantly steals the show on TMZ. “[U]ntil they come up with a JPEG format that makes metallics shimmer like a Solid Gold dancer’s outfit, there just isn’t a substitute for physically walking around a serigraph and watching the light bouncing off metallic and fluorescent inks.” Irony alert: You will experience these metallic and fluorescent inks via JPEG.

SHAPES AND COLORS

The Whelk — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:38:07 -0800

Graphic Design Is: 50 Designs About Graphic Design

Empire Poster Thread.

daHIFI — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:02:36 -0800

Can you guess these movies from just one letter of the poster? Empire has put together a little quiz to test your movie font knowledge. Guess the movies from just one letter in the film's poster title. Via Neatorama

A Magical Tradition

elphTeq — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:09:06 -0800

Imps imparting the secrets of magic : a visual history of a recurring motif through 19th Century magicians' posters. via Airbag : Longboard