MOVEMENTS

All of these images are photos I took and retouched of posters I saw in a poster shop in Cool Springs. A few may be far fetched, and others may be more “modern” to the current times than the original style, but they’re still relevant to the assignment.

This was a Kitsch Absolut Vodka poster ad. It is considered Kitsch because of how TACKY it is. Just look at it… there are porcelain deer figurines and bunnies surrounding an ugly clay bottle. Not to mention the fact that the wall paper is just hideous, and the doily just makes everything wore than it already is. This is truly repulsive, and I get the feeling that this was more of a joke than anything. I got a good laugh out of it.

This is my example for Early Modern – New Typography. Now this is more along the lines of MODERN modern, and I am aware that it is a digital rendering of type. However, the style behind it is of the New Type movement. I like the textured type face and the fluid geometry of the letters, and the colors fit nicely together. This is just a simple poster promoting the progression of new ideas, and the simplicity makes it work. The only thing that somewhat sets it apart is the fact that it isn’t combined with a photograph or other image, but in this case it wasn’t necessary.

This is a U2 poster for their in 3D production that was shown in theatres. While this poster is focused on typography, the images that are digitally overlayed create a lot of interest and really catch a viewer’s eye. I actually went to a showing of this, and the poster was a lot cooler than the show. That is good design at work.

I am not quite sure what this poster is for. It didn’t have a caption or anything… it was just in a poster “flip display” in the shop. It is in the psychedelic style, with its bizarre organic swirling forms and funky colors. The style really tries to emulate the effects of drugs… and all I can say is that anything that makes you see things like this is messed up and probably very bad for you.

This is the classic Dorfsman poster with the man saying the Pledge of Allegiance with a flag painted on his face. Obviously a Swill International design. I believe that the version we had in our books was in black and white, and surrounded by text. This one is clearly in color. The overall style choice for this poster makes it powerful and helps it communicate clearly, which is probably why Dorfsman was an influential designer.

Here is another well-known poster: the Obama HOPE campaign poster. This particular design is relative to postmodern thanks to its block colors and the sans serif font choice. That is really all I have to say about this image… I’m not a raving Obama fan. I will give it credit though, because this poster is one of the most publically recognized images he had in his campaign.

This is a poster for a circus. I believe that it is of the contemporary style, white a print-like feel and bright colors combined with a hand-rendered type. I REALLY like this poster. And the fact that the zebra looks completely awesome being disfigured like it is really makes me wish I had bought a copy so I could frame it an hang it on my wall!

This is a Late modern poster for the 1950’s world cup. I didn’t really like this poster, I feel like it’s a little boring and stagnant. However, I believe that it must have been fairly popular since it circulated enough that the shop felt the need to reproduce it and sell it as a cheap wall art poster.