In the past week or so I've happened to run across a number of great posters available online (some of them thanks to the great links over at Coudal Partners). Please feel free to add to this list with your own suggestions if you've seen something recently worth mentioning.
- The Computerlove poster contest is over and some of the winners are superb. The overall winning design by Marcus Ericsson is particularly good. Look carefully for the hidden words...
- DesignBoom's history of the folding chair is an interesting project in itself. The poster that accompanies the collection is equally brilliant.
- I've always really liked the style of Pearl Jam's artwork and especially their poster design. This fan site has a fairly good collection of tour posters.
Marcus Ericsson, "I Love Racing", 2004
Comments
Coudal - January 22, 2004 8:20 PM
Our pal and fellow Chicagoan Jay Ryan runs The Bird Machine. Great posters there. Check this little documentary we made about the process of Jay and Mat Daly screening a poster for us.
Alan - January 22, 2004 8:58 PM
I posted about some great late Soviet era posters last summer.
Alan - January 22, 2004 8:59 PM
Sorry. Link rot. Try this.
Johnny Rukavina - January 23, 2004 12:19 PM
I really like this poster. In fact, its on my living room wall.
Daniel Burka - January 23, 2004 12:32 PM
I forgot to add to my list "Finger Pointing" by Roy Lichtenstein, which is hanging on the wall leading up my steps. I had purchased it on the great poster site Global Gallery a few years ago (it appears they don't sell this poster anymore).
Steven Garrity - January 23, 2004 12:43 PM
My home is adorned with a few Sam Brown prints and a nice print from Edward Tufte of the Spaceflight Cyclogram drawn by the Russian cosmonaut during his 96-day flight in Saylut 6.
Marshall - January 23, 2004 2:22 PM
I like the Curta Calculator Poster.
Nick Burka - January 23, 2004 2:37 PM
<p>I've always loved the Before Night Falls movie poster and own a copy. Alan, those Russian posters are great btw.</p>
<p>On a side note, does anybody know if those Pearl Jam posters are available to buy anywhere? I know they're on the sleeve of one of their live albums (in tiny format) from that tour and that citron 68 designed them. I'd buy the whole set if I could find them - either in a book or as posters.</p>
Erik - January 23, 2004 2:37 PM
I've been collecting screenprints for some time now and wanted to share my list of faves. It's wonderful to be able to purchase excellent editioned pieces for $15-$20.
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Jay at Bird Machine (mentioned above)
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Patent Pending
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Heads of State
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Aesthetic Apparatus
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Methane Studios
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Kangaroo Press
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The Small Stakes
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KMI Posters
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There are many more talented artists listed in the above sites' links pages.
tim - January 23, 2004 3:00 PM
Derek Hess
adam - January 23, 2004 3:27 PM
http://www.poster.com.pl/
Gene - January 23, 2004 4:21 PM
I'm a big fan of the Hatch Show Print Shop in Nashville. Some nice examples here and here.
Ryan Schroeder - January 23, 2004 5:17 PM
And of course: Gig Posters
Many of the PJ posters are by the Ames Bros.
They sell limited quantities online but sell out _very_ quickly. Ebay of tons though. search for "pearl jam poster ames bros"
mike - January 23, 2004 5:20 PM
Posters for the National Park Service by Charles Harper.
Brandon - January 23, 2004 6:29 PM
Don't miss the work of my good friend Bryce McCloud at Nashville's Isle of Printing.
james - January 23, 2004 8:38 PM
Just to bring it down a notch... Two guys from The Reel Poster Gallery in London have put together a book of adult movie posters from the 60s and 70s. They have the same strange appeal as the pulp fiction covers of the 50s. Adult Movie Posters of the 60s and 70s
davidmparker - January 24, 2004 1:20 AM
This is high on my list of favorites. An image like it has been circulating lately, with bunnies breaking from the wave, but this poster preceded that by a good fifteen or so years.
neil - January 24, 2004 3:36 AM
I don't mean to flog my own site, but this is a topic very dear to my slightly obsessed heart. I've got a list of things up at my site:
http://www.beatnikpad.com/weblove.php
Lots of great links in this discussion!
matt mcglynn - January 24, 2004 11:30 AM
Sierra Club offers (free download) four WWII-era conservation posters. The messages are eye-opening, e.g. "Should brave men die so you can drive?"
Bill Dwyer - January 25, 2004 2:09 AM
The Spanish Civil War was really the beginning of modern propagana and the web is a great resource for finding them
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/visfront/
http://www.chisholm-poster.com/chisholm/sCivil/
Library of Congress.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/scw/posters.htm
Art for a change.
stewartski - January 26, 2004 11:29 AM
This (link) is a truly great collection of Chinese propoganda posters collected by a Dutch guy. He wrote a book about them too (link). It's an amazing collection, well worth a look.
This (link) is also pretty good
Eric Eberhardt - January 28, 2004 3:58 PM
I was struck by the "Atoms for Peace" collection by Eric Nitsche when visiting the "Atomic Museum" in Albuquerque. Have been trying to track down some reproductions, but so far no dice. Any ideas?
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Nitsche / General Dynamics Gallery
Paul - February 3, 2004 7:27 AM
Don't remember where I found it or what the story is behind it, but the posters are hella something or other. Check 'em out.
http://www.redlabor.com/artforsale/index.php
Posters - March 1, 2004 11:48 AM
Trully best site for posters!
Daniel Burka - April 22, 2004 10:23 AM
For all you Big Lebowski fans out there, check out the upcoming Lebowski Fest and its beautiful Lebowski-themed posters.
Eric - April 25, 2004 1:49 AM
Since there seem to be quite a few Jay Ryan fans here... Anybody have a Flaming Lips/Hum 2000 poster you'd be willing to part with? I have been looking dilligently for one. I will trade some other posters for it or make a nice cash offer. E-mail me if you can help. Thanks.