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Some random music posters I like

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Poking around insound.com today, I realized they have quite an impressive (600+) collection of indie rock posters for sale. Here’s 40 that I pulled to share.

Hot Blocks

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

The Post Family

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Well made and interesting little film/interview with the guys from the Post Family–minus my friend David Sieren. By Middle Mind Project.

Dessau Pro Typeface(s)

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Nice interpretation of the Bauhaus look, especially the simpler of the styles. Via Veer.

Scientific American Covers

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Whoa.

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

It never occurred to me that someone could actually own a classic Muller-Brockman poster like one of these. Well, someone with a spare grand burning a hole in their pocket. Maybe more than a grand: all these are “please call for price”. That’s one of the glories of the Internet, I guess: now it’s a [...]

Der Master

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Cool exhibit from 2006 in Stuttgart. One of the great identity designers, Anton Stankowski (1906-1998). The site showcases a lot of great work, both commercial and personal. There’s also a really thorough overview of his logo work available as a PDF on this page.

Flavorful Herb

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Some classy logotypes from Herb Lubalin. Lots more up here, from simple to 70s overload…

Pelican Project

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Wow. This is an amazing collection of book covers. Things magazine has compiled decades of them—the ones here are all from the 1960s.

Childhood Development Aid

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

I’m very proud to admit that one of my son’s first words was “logo”. And if he hadn’t mastered the Little Wooden Puzzle at a staggeringly early age, you can bet I would run off immediately and buy him one of these. He’s already very familiar with one of the pieces here, though he usually [...]