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By tind.

Trapped in Suburbia

 

Beautiful happy posters for beautiful happy festival, designed by Trapped in Suburbia, a design studio based in the Netherlands.

Dazed Revolter

Poster by Dazed Revolter from Berlin.

Elżbieta Chojna

Elżbieta Chojna is a great graphic designer from Warsaw.

Brasil em cartaz

Rico Lins is one of the most important Brazilian graphic designers. As I read in wikipedia "Designer, art director, illustrator and educator, Rico Lins has accumulated an extensive curriculum of professional and didactic activities in expressive institutions and companies both in Brazil and abroad". His site is under construction but you can see his studio work on flickr.

Ten Images for Ithaca 2010

Ten images for Ithaca is an international poster competition that started nine years ago. It began as a small local event but now Ten Images for Ithaca is one of the most important poster design competitions worldwide. Last week it was announced this year's theme, prizes and deadline:


Theme: Labels
1st prize 1000 €, 2nd prize 600 €, 3rd prize 500 €
Deadline: 21 May 2010

"A label is any kind of tag attached to something so as to identify the object or its content. Labeling means naming. It is human instinct to group things with what they are most similar and name them as a whole. We live in a world filled with labels antagonising each other to win our preference. There are labels associated with consumer products and fashion. People voluntarily label themselves in order to have a sense of belonging to a group, but there also labels that people use to categorize others stemming from feelings of racism and xenophobia, political and religious discrimination, etc. What is the role of these labels in your life? How can a label describe the world you live in? Can a label give the infinite set of experiences, beliefs and desires that summarise each human being? All of the above are just a few of the many ways one can approach this year’s competition theme “Labels”."

The ten best entries will be printed into banners with dimensions 200 x 60 cm and will be hung along Ithaca’s promenade for the entire summer of 2010. Their creators will have free accommodation in Ithaca on the weekend of the exhibition’s opening (July 2010).

More info here.
Poster design by the design shop.

I am living

Part of the “I am living” poster series by Pazu Lee Ka Ling from China. Silver Medal at the 1st Chicago International Poster Biennial in 2008.

The right to free assembly & association

Peter Crnokrak has studied quantitative genetics at the University of Toronto but now, his primary focus is data visualisation, with a particular interest in the intersection of visual semiotics and data analysis. I strongly recommend you to visit his website and have a look at his amazing work!

This poster is part of a "five poster series that addresses articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights dealing directly with rights of protest and free speech. Elemental circles are used to express the essence of each article through the contrast of a single graphite pencil coloured dot and standard black dots. The graphite dot represents different ideas for each poster: eg. freedom of personal expression for 'the right to free thought…' variant."

Feliç 2010

Happy new year from Jose Téllez.

First things first

The First Things First, a 1964 designers' manifesto, was the inspiration for this poser by Brazilian designer Ana Paula Caldas.

Self critical poster

By Jaclyne.

Let's dance

Posters by Quim Marin from Barcelona.

I married an archaeologist

 

Part of a very interesting posters series by Stéphane Massa-Bidal.

I think of you in colours that don't exist.

By Dazed Revolter from Berlin.

Too much brain in my head

Poster by Bastien Aubry (50 x 70 cm / Woodcut print). Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Broquard have founded FLAG in 2002, a graphic design studio in Zurich, Switzerland, with absolutely fabulous work. Have a look.

Space 1026 Art Auction

Poster by Alex Lukas for the Space 1026 Art Auction.

Anette Lenz

Anette Lenz has the most minimal site I've seen. She also has a great posters portfolio. That's why I searched on google and I found some of her posters. Many of them are designed in collaboration with Vincent Perrottet.

Mona Lisa Remix

 

This is another item I bought from Etsy. This pop version of Mona Lisa is designed by Gary Clarke, from Manchester, also known as Graphic Nothing. His work can be admired here and here and bought here.

London Jazz Festival by iwant

 

iwant are a small creative agency in London. Their work is highly creative and colorful! The work shown here is a flyer for the London Jazz Festival. You can see more of their work in Eye magazine (issues 63 and 72) and of-course in their web site.

Self Portrait Screen Print

I just bought this poster by Mark Weaver, a talented artist and graphic designer from Atlanta, USA. Check out his portfolio here or buy his posters at Etsy.