So wrong it’s right. Plus, it’s damned cool.
Love Story: ’80s Music Poster
I’m slightly abashed to admit it but I do love a good ’80s track. Even bands I wasn’t particularly into back then (I was barely in my teens) I now love; Human League, The Jam, Simple Minds, Ultravox, Depeche Mode…the list goes on and on.
Well this poster brings me right back. Designed by Patrick King who runs the Typography Shop, that also produces the Typographic tees that I’ve posted about before. The idea came to him after designing a spread for his high school reunion some years ago about music, which he later displayed in his home. After much appreciation and fascination by visiting friends he decided to explore the concept in poster form.
Using 1980’s song titles, the poster tells a love story, from hopeful beginning through falling in love and the expression of its passion, the appearance of trouble and doubt, the breakup and its lonely aftermath. Thankfully not representative of every love story! I had the chance to ask Patrick about the process:
“I spent a great deal of time choosing the songs to highlight, more for their ability to tell the story than its popularity or my tastes. To then create a well balanced typographic puzzle using only condensed sans serifs was quite a challenge.
I count 114 songs and 37 fonts from 12 typeface families. A wild exercise for me as I rarely use more than two faces in client work, chosen from a palette of about 6 favorite choices.”It’s available at 11x17” and there’s a larger screen printed version with lack ink. Plus ’60s and ’70s music posters too.
Nov 20 2012
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Nov 13 2012
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many photogs at hitRECord Live show. #Hitrecordontheroad
Nov 06 2012
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This makes me happy. #ivoted
Oct 12 2012
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30 seconds of breathtaking awe at physics – watch a water droplet bounce in ultra-slow-motion.
(via Open Culture)
Sep 04 2012
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Aug 27 2012
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The latest episode of PBS Off Book explores the art of motion graphics and animation. Previous installments have covered typography, product design, art in the age of the internet, book art and papercraft, generative art, the explosion of animated GIFs, LEGO art, the art of film and TV title design, the culture of Reddit, technologies that allow us to see beyond the human eye, and logo design.
Also see What Is Motion Design.
