Colorful Psychedelic Advertisements From Between The 1960s And Early 1970s
Psychedelic art is any art or visual displays inspired by psychedelic experiences and hallucinations known to follow the ingestion of psychoactive drugs such as LSD and psilocybin. The word “psychedelic” (coined by British psychologist Humphry Osmond) means “mind manifesting”. By that definition, all artistic efforts to depict the inner world of the psyche may be considered “psychedelic”. Continue reading »
‘Ello John. Got A New Motor – Retro Porsche Posters
No, well then check out this bunch of ads for Porsche. You know we love our advertising here, there’s no artwork that sums up a time more than advertising. It is very representative, because it’s trying to appeal to the masses of that time, and tries to tap into what the general vibe is… i.e if it’s the summer of love, then expect some flowery shit… Continue reading »
Uninspirational Posters For People Who Hate Inspirational Posters
You are bound to see the occasional motivational poster whenever you look through your Facebook or Instagram feed, but this @Unspirational account is for people who practically shudder at the sight of these uplifting quotes. However, for those who just can’t spend a day single without wasting money online, they’ve recently released Uninspirational 2019 Calendar on Amazon. Continue reading »
Jenny On The Job: 8 Posters Of An Ideal Woman Emancipated By World War 2
In 1943, Jenny was on ‘The Job’. A role model to American women, Jenny on The Job was the lithesome blonde doing her bit for the war effort. In a series of eight posters issued by the United States Public Health Services, artist Kula Robbins showed us Jenny at work, at home, lifting things the correct way (i.e. whilst smiling), skating, loving her “low heels” and in the shower. Continue reading »
2018 Has Been Scary: We’ve Got The Posters To Prove It
Inspired by The Exorcist (1973)
Cars in space, a giant orange monstrosity floating above a city, Kanye on Twitter… a turbulent series of events throughout 2018 means that there’s no shortage of inspiration this Halloween. In the spirit of the season, global creative platform 99designs challenged its international community of designers to reimagine some of this year’s stand-out moments in the style of classic horror movie posters. Continue reading »
Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters In The 1970s And 1980s
Alcohol presents an exhaustive collection of previously unpublished, Soviet Anti-Alcohol posters. The book includes examples from the 1960s through to the 1980s, but focuses on those produced during the Mikhail Gorbachev campaign initiated in 1985. Continue reading »
15 Of The Best Sci-fi Film Posters Of The 1970s
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The ’70s began with a wave of dystopian sci-fi and culminated with Star Wars and the birth of the modern blockbuster. These are some of the decade’s most stunning poster designs. Continue reading »
Florey’s Unforgettable Alternative Movie Posters
Florey is an Australian artist, and his style is easily identifiable and highly desirable! His past work includes some fantastic renditions of Daredevil, Futurama, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Hellboy to name just a mere few. Continue reading »
“Beyond The Borders Of Mere Movie Posters”: See How One Instagrammer Is Making His Friends Into Movie Stars
To be filed under “awesome ideas we wish we’d come up with ourselves”: One movie-minded Instagram user has created the coolest photo stream, featuring his friends and family recast as Hollywood heroes with the help of petite movie postcards. Continue reading »
The Art Of Mass Surveillance: All 135 Vintage NSA Security Posters From The 1950s And 1960s
In the 1950s and 1960s the National Security Agency (NSA) cranked out beautiful and captivating posters to remind Americans that keeping secrets was important. Continue reading »
If Movie Posters Told The Truth…
How would honest copywriters have pitched the cool films to audiences? Continue reading »
A Collection Of Hand-Painted Movie Posters From Africa
This art form in African countries was at its peak during the 1980s and 1990s. During this time, artists would let their imagination run wild in order to create posters that would never fail to draw audiences to Africa’s dilapidated cinema halls, so they used their fantasy to add scenes, weapons, and characters that didn’t even exist in the original movie. Continue reading »
A Cat Who Makes Typographic Posters Better Than You
Diederik Jeangout is a designer. Joppe is a cat. Joppe really loves Diederik’s keyboard. Back in the days of 2012, Joppe made a series of 25 unique posters and is willing to sell them. The money will go to the animal shelter. And some candy for Joppe. Continue reading »
“Solo: A Star Wars Story” Unveils Vibrant Posters With Delightful Typography
This series of character posters reveal the colorful ensemble of the Star Wars spinoff that take on a more humorous vibe. The first poster that comes in a vibrant orange hue shows Alden Ehrenreich holding the signature blaster of Han Solo. Continue reading »
This Posterlad Project Is All About Designing Posters. Obviously.
“Posterlad” is a pure graphic design project created by the Czech designer Vratislav Pecka. Continue reading »
Hilarious Vintage X-Rated Movie Posters From Your Dad’s Era
In a day and age where sex is literally at our fingertips, where we can see x-rated pictures and films in the privacy of our own bedrooms (or even bathrooms), it’s hard to imagine that at one point in time people had to venture out into public in order to see porn. Continue reading »
NASA’s Future Of Space Travel Posters In A Super Gorgeous Retro Style
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has created 15 Visions of the Future. In 1962, NASA began an Art Program. Its archives feature interpretations of space travel by such notable artist as Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, Mitchell Jamieson, Paul Calle and Annie Leibovitz. Continue reading »
The Strange Posters For “Stranger Things” Season Two Promise A Whole Lotta Strange Behavior
Some time may have passed since their first season adventures with the Upside Down; but from what we can tell from new character posters released by Netflix ahead of the Season 2 premiere of “Stranger Things”, our heroes haven’t forgotten what they’ve seen… and what they’ve lost. They appear ready for things to get really strange this season…but will it be enough this time? Especially when the scope of threat has grown… Continue reading »
Scary Potter – Terrifying Alternative Posters For The Harry Potter Movies
Here are some terrifying alternative posters for the Harry Potter saga, created by illustrator Dylan Pierpont! With this series entitled Scary Potter, the artist pays tribute to this cult universe, focusing on the dark and horrifying side of the saga. Continue reading »
Humorous Posters Of Graphic Design Puns That Will Make Designers Laugh
Graphic designers have altogether different mindsets, the way they perceive things, the way they guess meaning within the lines, the way they devise ways to the healthy outcome of their projects and the way they don’t take negative criticism at heart show that their temperament is different, stable and optimistic. Continue reading »
Probably, The Best Movie Posters From The Last 10 Years
A good movie poster will intrigue potential viewers by revealing just enough about the movie to draw someone in without giving away any spoilers. Continue reading »
IKEA Invents Clever Posters To Cook
IKEA Canada has created an amazing recipe book entitled Cook this Page, which lets you use its pages to cook directly on them! If this book illustrates recipes in the purest visual tradition of the brand with posters, it proposes you to detach a page, to place the required ingredients on the drawings, then to fold the sheet before putting it in the oven! Printed on cooking paper, the IKEA Cook this Page is a great concept, very playful, which can help some to get into the kitchen. A creative operation created by Leo Burnett Toronto. Continue reading »
This Guy Photoshops Himself Into Movie Posters And The Results Are Hilarious
The legendary comedian Milton Bearle once said, “if opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” Well, that’s exactly what Chicago performer Guy Madjar did this Oscar season. Instead of seeing another year go by where he had to suffer the indignity of not being acknowledged by the Academy, he took matters into his own hands and photoshopped his image into each of the nominated films. Continue reading »
This Is Your Brain On Drugs: The Anti-Addiction Posters By Meaghan Li
Meaghan Li is a Public Policy and Political Science student with a passion for graphic design. She created this minimalist series of posters for her Psychology class – “using popular archetypes to convey the effects of different psychoactive substances”. Continue reading »
NASA Just Released Travel Posters For Our New Sister Solar System, And They’re Cool As Hell
NASA/IoA/Amanda Smith
A few hours ago, NASA announced the discovery of a potentially habitable ‘Sister Solar System’ just 39 light-years away – boasting seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star called TRAPPIST-1. These planets appear to be made of rock, have life-friendly surface temperatures, and some could potentially host liquid water, so NASA went ahead and created a whole bunch of travel posters and fan art of the coolest new place in the Universe for us to get all misty-eyed about. Continue reading »
