Designer Daily, one of our favorite blogs here at IheartGraphics they just posted 30 Amazing Vintage Movie posters, and it’s great to see how some of these are easy to date, but they still look great! All of them, great inspirational material for any graphic designer! Be sure to check them out.
While most movie marketing is done with posters/billboard, tv, radio and internet ads, there are some films that are going above and beyond the traditional world of film advertising. Where the Wild Things Are is Spike Jonze’s highly anticipated film, the posters have been teasing for a while, but the big attraction, in Los Angeles at least is the Where the Wild Things Are pop up shop located at Space 15 Twenty. The store is decorated like the forest from the movie and is selling various memorabilia. The shop is located at 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028. I’ll definitely be checking it out before it closes on October 18th. View more pictures at Kitsune Nior.
1800 Artist Series
1800 Tequila has a wonderful new project going on right now, they’ve commissioned 1800 artists of all styles and have come up with an artist series that displays art in a not-so-typical medium. Also if you sign up at their website you can upload your own artwork or photos and have people vote on them.
Once a brand has made it’s mark it’s hard to look at any other logo concepts without thinking that they all look inferior to the known design. There may even be a better logo than the one they use in the stack, but the logo the world has already known will always be proffered. Logo Design Love posted about different Sony Playstaion concepts, and though most are not as great as the current logo, there are a couple in the batch with definite potential.
Just to show how important branding is, if Playstation were to change their logo now, I don’t think it would be well received. Not just with Playstation, but any brand in general usually sees a little backlash, just like Pepsi had when they changed their logo a few months back, though it’s evolved, their last re-brand was a little too extreme.
Be sure to check out Logo Design Love’s other posts too, their blog is great.
Italian street wear label 55DSL is celebrating 15 years in the industry by holding a contest to re-design their logo. The contest begins today and you can enter a logo until December 5th. To get more information about this contest check out http://logoremix.55DSL.com.
Percy Miller, formally known in the music world as Master P, is being sued by London-based Pepe Jeans for copyright infringement, due to the logo he’s using for his P. Miller Designs clothing. The lawsuit also names Wal-Mart as the low-cost retailer is currently running tests on the P. Miller clothing line in question. Above is the P. Miller logo from their website.
Artist KawsOne added his signature graphics to the August/September issue of Complex Magazine. Not only has the cover been stamped by one of the most notable artists today, but the feature inside is also blessed with his artwork. Check it out.
Legendary UK footwear brand is having a contest for designers to create their own Dr. Martens boots. The winners will receive a cash award, as well as their shoe going into production for a whole year. There will be two winners, one determined by the general Dr. Marten voting public, and the other by a panel of judges in the industry. The competition is stiff, but it doesn’t hurt to try. Check out the design website for more info.
On June 17th, Microsoft will release the Joy Division Zune to the public. A limited run of only 500 units will be available, and features the graphic from Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures album by Factory Records graphic artist, Peter Saville. The 80 gig multimedia player will come preloaded with a Joy Division documentary also titled, Unknown Pleasures. For more information check out Zune.
Duke University Library has a wonderful online gallery available called Ad*Access. The gallery features hundreds of high quality scans of vintage ads, from beauty products to transportation, the gallery is worth your time. It’s amazing to see how much things have changed, not only with the products the adverts endorse, but the design of the ad itself.
