These bold red posters aren’t just propaganda, but also a warning of how the top 1% of the wealthy may be looking down upon the rest of us: the so called 99%. The poster above is especially ominous; will we as a global community be able to stay steadfast and sway the giant that controls the majority of our world resources and wealth? Find out more about Fro, the Los Angeles based designer behind these posters or order prints at frodesignco.com [Read more...]
There’s more to these clean designs than first meets the eye. Polish design duo, Homework, have been printing up some very punchy movie posters for the last few years, promoting film fests around the country. Here we bring you a sampling of their work, featuring some of their best examples of creatively combined visuals. See more of their extensive catalogue at homework.com.pl [Read more...]
Here, Propaganda Times brings us clever posters themed as Medicinal Politics. Cleverly slipped into each political satire are descriptions of potential side-effects associated with each type of rule, helping us realize that with our constant bombardment every day by political agendas, we may need to question what we are swallowing [Read more...]
Each of these impressive caricature illustrations has an uncanny resemblance to the famous star they portray… Stan Chow really has this down. Check out his James Bond tribute below for example: each martini drinking Bond is there, a perfect copy of their real life counterpart. A freelance graphic designer, Chow’s work is in high demand from periodicals around the globe and his inexpensive prints are hot sellers over at bigcartel.com. For more of his work, check out stanleychowillustration.com or Flickr, then get frequent updates through Twitter and Facebook. Can you identify everyone here? [Read more...]
These vintage subway posters from 1970′s and 1980′s Japan playfully use a host of pop culture icons to encourage proper etiquette while boarding and riding the countries many punctual trains. Charlie Chaplin’s fuhrer reminds us not to take up too much space, Superman wishes he hadn’t stepped in your gum and John Wayne lets us know when it’s smoke free time. This collection of posters is originally from the book Manner Poster 100, published in 1983. [Read more...]
These incredible posters produced by the Soviet Union’s Moscow based news agency, TASS, during the Second World War, show the history of the conflict from a particularly vibrant and often gruesome Soviet perspective. The large prints, reaching between 5 and 10 feet tall, were displayed in shop windows throughout the war, with nearly a poster produced for every day of Russian involvement (1941-1945). Like an artistic journal, the posters (displayed here in chronological order) are especially interesting in the way the they track the progress of the war and the attitudes of their creators as the conflict progressed. [Read more...]
I Love Doodle (aka Lim Heng Swee) has been pumping out a clever and often cute drawing every day for the last 202 days. Part of his Doodle Every Day project, that’s a long time when you consider that almost every one is something worthy of printing and keeping around to put a smile on your face (don’t fret… you can get prints here). If you’d like more smiles, you can get them on Twitter, Facebook or at ilovedoodle.com. [Read more...]
Didn’t I see this movie before?? The New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) has put together 9 great movie posters that poke fun at the stereotypical scenarios which always seem to crop up in Hollywood blockbusters. NYILFF is the premier Latino film event in the country, with a mission to showcase the works of the most talented film-making Latin artists in the U.S. and Latin America. You can follow them on vimeo.com, twitter.com and facebook.com. [Read more...]
Duking it out every day with advertising designed to make their brand look the best, these mash-ups of ubiquitous corporate logos beg the question: just how different are major brands like Coke and Pepsi? The series, titled Brandversation, remakes the logos of famous companies using the logo from their arch rival as the paintbrush. Company slogans are also reversed, bringing to light the possibility that, in many minds, they may be just as appropriate for either business. The brain child of Romanian graphic designer Stefan Asafti, you can find more of his work on behance.net. [Read more...]
Ditching some of the popular minimalist trend, graphic studio Design By House has taken famous landmarks and recreated them in many hued bands of color. “Having become interested in the stories behind some of the world’s great landmarks we began to explore ways of expressing their iconic nature without succumbing to the silhouette.” They call the unique series ‘Landmarques’ and produced each piece through a process that involves layering colors and shapes until you recognize the famous location. You can purchase the posters at Designsupremo.com [Read more...]
