These Intergalactic Travel Posters Look Like They Were Designed By Don Draper. How do you get average non-nerds interested in learning factoids about the solar system? If you're celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, you host a multimillion-dollar relaunch of Cosmos. But if you don't have the budget for those special effects, you go small. The Intergalactic Travel Bureau is a troupe of retro "travel agents" who set up info booths where passersby can discuss the particulars of booking a tourist package to the Moon, Pluto, Mars, or any other planet (and learn a thing or two about the solar system in the process.) To publicize its Kickstarter campaign, the ITB created a series of gorgeous retro-themed posters that wouldn't look out of place on Mad Men. Artist Steven Thomas drew inspiration from vintage Modern Mechanics magazine covers and mid-20th century pulp sci-fi art.
"A simple Google search for vintage travel posters also brought up plenty of references," he says. It's highly unlikely that anyone will "Ski Pluto," as one poster suggests. 14 Bedazzling Posters From The Golden Age Of Magic. Nowadays, we’re so busy watching cars explode or taking 3-D rocket ship rides on the big screen that we don’t have much time for dorky little magic tricks.
But at the turn of the 20th century, magicians like Harry Houdini were as worshipped as today’s movie stars. And the posters that advertised them were often as magical as their shows--way more impressive than this century's dime-a-dozen movie ads. Over at Collector’s Weekly, Zack Coutroulis, an obsessive collector of vintage posters from the Golden Age of Magic, walks us through highlights of the weird world of magic promos.
“Some of these posters have never even been photographed before,” Coutroulis explains, “and they’re amazing. But poster collectors tend to keep to themselves. I’m one of the few people that actually enjoys sharing them.” Often filled with nightmarish images of imps and devils and promising miracles like levitation and bullet-catching, these posters promised escapes from the boring confines of physics. Posters-minimalistas-de-filmes. 15 | Rejected Versions Of Classic Movie Posters Show What Might Have Been. If the makers and marketers of Pulp Fiction didn't opt for a shot of Uma Thurman lying on a bed and smoking a cigarette, over a background mocked-up to look like a dime novel or if Malcolm McDowell's grinning face wasn't looming out from a giant, stylized letter "A," for A Clockwork Orange, would so many dorm rooms have been adorned with those films' posters?
That's what we ask ourselves as we contemplate an online exhibit from British events website Daybees, which featured alternate, almost-used versions of iconic movie posters. While both A Clockwork Orange and Pulp Fiction opted to go relatively low-concept (three other images for Tarantino's masterpiece featured black and white, pencil sketch-style portraits, including one that makes Thurman in her heels and little black dress look downright prudish), others in the series benefited from the decision to go stylized rather than traditional. 4 Design Insights From The Poster Artist Behind Star Wars. Drew: The Man Behind the Poster, a new documentary by Erik Sharkey, turns the camera on the most famous film poster designer of our time. Drew Struzan went from being an art student who could afford to eat only twice a week (to save money for paint) to being the creator of iconic images for Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, E.T., and The Muppets, among others.
Earlier work included classic album covers like “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” (that creepy man on his deathbed is a Struzan self-portrait) and “Welcome to My Nightmare” by Alice Cooper (described in the doc as “a nice guy”). The film offers a glimpse into Struzan's creative process and adulatory commentary from Hollywood heavyweights. Herewith, design insights from The Man Behind the Poster: 1. Happy accidents are real and can wind up in the Musuem of Modern Art. 2. 3. 4. How Do You Solve A (Design) Problem Like "Lolita"? Over the course of Vladimir Nabokov’s most famous novel, 12-year-old Dolores Haze is orphaned, kidnapped, tormented, and raped by her stepfather.
The pathetic, solipsistic maniac who does these things to her calls her Lolita. This is not her name, or even her nickname: The other adults in her life call her Dolly or Lola. "But in my arms," writes the novel’s repulsive yet strangely charismatic narrator, Humbert Humbert, "she was always Lolita. " It is a name used to dehumanize a victim. Just as Humbert is haunted by the ghost of a girl he met as a child at the seashore, the distinction between Dolores Haze and Lolita is one that should haunt any reader of the book. Lolita: The Story of a Cover Girl is a new book that explores this dilemma. "As a novel, Lolita is very hard to classify," Bertram tells Co.Design.
Bertram found these covers frustrating, and these frustrations bore the project. As a result, many of the best covers in Lolita: The Story of a Cover Girl are abstractions. 3 | 25 Crowdsourced Covers For Literary Classics. A few months back, we wrote about a project called Recovering the Classics, which planned to crowdsource enticing new covers for 50 literary classics--great books like A Tale of Two Cities, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Frankenstein, and Pride and Prejudice. By now, the masses have had time to file an incredible array of creations. “There are some very bold new entries for what we’d previously thought of as stuffy old books but now are in vivid color,” one of the project’s founders Max Slavkin tells Co.Design. “Some are simple and some are intricate, some seem classic while others feel modern, but what has always been most exciting is the range of different styles and interpretations.”
Two interpretations of Dracula, Aurora Cacciapuoti (left) and Steve St Pierre (right). Indeed, while crowdsourcing is usually a scattershot approach to design, it’s the perfect model for modernizing a collection of old, freely sharable books. Just take these two schools of thought approaching Dracula. Javier Zabala. Ferenc Pintér. Los 10 posters más admirados por su diseño en 50 años de historia. Como parte de su 50º Aniversario, la revista GDUSA daba a conocer hace unas semanas el resultado de la encuesta lanzada entre sus lectores para conocer los 25 logos más admirados en cinco décadas. Paralelamente, el magazine también preguntó a sus lectores: «¿Cuál es tu póster favorito del último medio siglo que destaca por el diseño?». _ La revista GDUSA presenta los resultados de los 10 posters más admirados por sus lectores en las últimas cinco décadas. Esta encuesta se complementa con la presentada hace unas semanas en la que daba a conocer los 25 logotipos más admirados y que forma parte del 50º Aniversario del magazine.
Entre esta selección no faltan nombres de grandes maestros como Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Shepard Fairey, Paul Davis, Paula Scher, Steff Geissbuhler, Woody Pirtle, Seymour Chwast y Eric Serrano. Al igual que ya sucedió en el diseño de los logos más célebres, en el diseño de posters salen a relucir nuevamente dos nombres: Milton Glaser y Paul Rand. 1. 2. 3. Los 10 posters más admirados por su diseño en 50 años de historia. Descubra a história completa de edifícios históricos de moscou e a riqueza da arquitetura russa.
E se os edifícios históricos de Moscou tivessem mais coisas a revelar além daquilo que vemos, abaixo da linha do horizonte? Esta é a proposta do projeto "Descubra a História Completa", que busca incentivar o turismo ao principal Museu de Arquitetura russo, através de um fascinante exercício de imaginação. Se há mais coisas entre o Céu e a Terra do que supõe nossa vã filosofia, imaginem o que poderia existir entre o chão e o interior da Terra. Pensando justamente nessa possibilidade, o Museu de Arquitetura de Shshucev, em Moscou - capital da Rússia, resolveu lançar a criativa campanha 'Descubra a História Completa'( Discover the full story ) mostrando três dos mais conhecidos edifícios históricos russos e revelando os segredos ocultos de sua imponente arquitetura abaixo dos nossos pés.
Fontes: Ideafixa e Saatchi & Saatchi. Saul Bass, el hombre que convirtió en arte el «yo estuve allí» Saul Bass dijo en una ocasión que «para el público normal los créditos son la señal de que quedan solo tres minutos para comer palomitas». Él, reconocía, aprovechaba ese lapso de tiempo muerto e intentaba hacer algo más que simplemente enumerar unos nombres en los que la audiencia no estaba interesada. «Pretendo preparar al público para lo que viene a continuación. Dejarlos expectantes». Hoy, el gran maestro de los títulos de crédito, precursor de lo que podría ser perfectamente un subgénero a caballo entre el arte y el cine, cumpliría 93 años. Hace 61, en 1954, el avispado productor y director de origen austríaco Otto Preminger le confió el cartel y los créditos finales de la película Carmen Jones. Sabía muy bien lo que hacía. A Saul Bass esta idea le parecía ya entonces un planteamiento caduco, al entender que el póster promocional debía aportar al espectador una primera impresión mucho más allá del actor o actriz que interpretase el filme.
The Netflix Arrested Development Posters Are Finally Here. Two words: Silly and smart. A bonus word: Layered. Do you like random, ironic things? Is sarcasm something you like or is it something you don't do well with? If you answered no to any of the questions this show is not for you. It's funny. If you didn't like then you didn't like it. It's one of these show (or movie) that clicks powerfully with many people, but not others. First time I watched the show, at first I thought: not very funny, but it's "pleasant", so I'll just keep on watching. Then a few months later for some reasons I felt like watching it again. The second run was a fucking riot. I will not say how many times I watched this show in the last 5-6 years, as it's a bit embarrassing.
Why the Activist Poster is Here to Stay. Dignidad Rebelde, USA, 2011 As a supposedly antiquated form of media, the poster is regularly pronounced to be on its last legs as a means of communication and of marginal relevance now. I have written pieces myself saying much the same thing. No one doubts that posters used to be highly effective as both advertising and propaganda, but from the moment people in wealthy economies started buying TVs and watching commercials, the role of the street poster began to decline (the billboards still flourishing like an infestation at the roadside are another matter). The arrival of digital communication and then social media appeared to leave the poster spluttering for life, and when it came to the protest poster, the prognosis looked just as gloomy. If ordinary posters aren’t much needed now, why should posters expressing dissenting views fare any better? Five or six years ago, I would have said the poster advocating a cause was barely viable. Now I’m not so sure.
Rich Black, USA, 2011. Punk rock + Swiss modernism combined. I’m a huge fan of punk rock, particularly punk bands from the 70s and 80s. And I think it’s safe to say that most designers (myself definitely included) appreciate Swiss modernism, even if it’s not their own style preference. Designer Mike Joyce, of Stereotype Design in New York City, has started the Swissted project. It’s a collection of re-imagined posters he’s designed for punk concerts that actually happened, from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, except in Swiss modern style.
The posters are phenomenal, capturing both the essence of the bands and the eras, as well as the clean lines and beautiful but simple color schemes associated with Swiss modernism. It’s a fantastic project, and there will even be a print book released in early March! Check out some of the awesome Swissted designs below! What’s your favorite Swissted design? NOMANO. El Estudio Mano de Papel nació en la ciudad de Durango, México, en algún caluroso día de verano del lejano 2005. Fundado por Marcela Román (ex-socio), Jesús Castagni (ex-socio) y Santiago Solís. Las cosas han cambiado con los años, tenemos más películas en la video y el estudio funciona más al estilo de un satélite móvil que de un espacio físico estático. Santiago Solís dirige la embarcación que niega a ser hundida pese al pillaje, sabotaje y amotinamiento de su tripulación.
Diseñar es planificar.