Poster of the Week #1
Hello everyone. Eli here. I've never been much of a blogger, but this week, an idea occurred to me that seemed like it might just fit on our shiny new blog here.
For a long time, I've followed an online column in Seattle's The Stranger called "Poster of the Week". It's written by a one Aaron Huffman (a personal musical influence, as well) and each week does pretty much what you'd expect, based on the title: showcases a poster. For years I've loved rock posters. People often treat them in general as something of an expendable, temporary art. They are this, in some ways, as they dive into obsolescence the moment the event being advertised is over. But I think this can also be a little bit of an unfair write-off of something that more often than not has many layers of thought, meaning, politics, and imagery. Plus, they just look cool. I can't explain exactly why, but there's something about the freedom, style, and attitude of rock and roll, mixed with some nice typography and solid design...
My idea, then, begins with this post. It's the first in a series I'm going to try to keep up with to showcase posters (and their artists) from the Boston and New England scene - a sort of east coast equivalent to Huffman's Seattle based column. I'm certainly no expert, it's just something that I spend so much time looking at on my own that perhaps I can a) bring the art to others, b) bring some exposure to other poster designers, or c) have an excuse to indulge even more of my time in this. This is also inspired, in part, by the fact that next week, while we're down in Austin, TX for SXSW, I'll surely be paying a visit to Flatstock 20 - the poster show to end all poster shows.
So, I guess that's that. The setup. I'm aiming to write up a new poster every week. Check back next week for a special, SXSW edition.
PotW #1 is a nice screenprinted poster by Phaedra Brucato. I love the simplicity of it, the hand drawn type, and the accidental or on purpose off-setting of the red print. Good stuff.
For a long time, I've followed an online column in Seattle's The Stranger called "Poster of the Week". It's written by a one Aaron Huffman (a personal musical influence, as well) and each week does pretty much what you'd expect, based on the title: showcases a poster. For years I've loved rock posters. People often treat them in general as something of an expendable, temporary art. They are this, in some ways, as they dive into obsolescence the moment the event being advertised is over. But I think this can also be a little bit of an unfair write-off of something that more often than not has many layers of thought, meaning, politics, and imagery. Plus, they just look cool. I can't explain exactly why, but there's something about the freedom, style, and attitude of rock and roll, mixed with some nice typography and solid design...
My idea, then, begins with this post. It's the first in a series I'm going to try to keep up with to showcase posters (and their artists) from the Boston and New England scene - a sort of east coast equivalent to Huffman's Seattle based column. I'm certainly no expert, it's just something that I spend so much time looking at on my own that perhaps I can a) bring the art to others, b) bring some exposure to other poster designers, or c) have an excuse to indulge even more of my time in this. This is also inspired, in part, by the fact that next week, while we're down in Austin, TX for SXSW, I'll surely be paying a visit to Flatstock 20 - the poster show to end all poster shows.
So, I guess that's that. The setup. I'm aiming to write up a new poster every week. Check back next week for a special, SXSW edition.
PotW #1 is a nice screenprinted poster by Phaedra Brucato. I love the simplicity of it, the hand drawn type, and the accidental or on purpose off-setting of the red print. Good stuff.
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