Spanish artist and illustrator Fernando Vicente‘s latest book-centric illustrations are a set of four posters for the Autumn Book Fair in Madrid, Enjoy! Previously on Book Patrol: Fernando Vicente does Dracula Portraits by Fernando Vicente Fernando Vicente illustrates The Communist Manifesto
Continue readingOnce upon a time flying wasn’t such a hassle. At its height the airline industry was the bees knees of postwar culture. From the mid-forties to the the mid-seventies flying was the way to go. The world got smaller as new opportunities and possibilities connected the four corners of the globe. It was also a time of some stunning graphic design. The posters and printed detritus that accompanied the golden age of air travel mark a…
Continue reading“David, The Head” Neon Blacklight Poster, 1970 by Calan Blacklight posters were a main ingredient of the psychedelic movement. They were part and parcel of the hippie lifestyle, an essential part of the trip. “The blacklight poster was actually a medium capable of mimicking the effects of the new wonder drug. With the ability to glow and vibrate under ultraviolet light, the posters could simulate the sensations and visual distortions one experienced during an acid trip.”…
Continue readingThis installment of In The Stacks takes us to The Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center. The museum was founded by Yang Pei Ming who started collecting posters in 1995, the year the Chinese government ceased the long-standing practice of creating these propaganda-laced posters. The collection is “dedicated to documenting the changes of modern China as depicted on thousands upon thousands of striking posters from 1910 to 1990.” The collection holds 6000 posters produced from 1940 to 1990. The museum also…
Continue readingThe latest installment of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) poster series is a set of three original book-themed posters by Owen Smith. The series features three literary icons from the Bay Area; Dashiell Hammett, Jack London and Amy Tan. In each poster a commuter is reading one of the author’s books while related imagery swirls around them. The image above features characters from Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon while out the train window you see…
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