The earliest documented uses of the verb placate in English date from the late 17th century. The word is derived from Latin placatus, the past participle of placare, and placate still carries the
The various designs for—and troubled distribution history of—the Russian master’s most personal film, currently in re-release.
Seit über zwanzig Jahren entwirft die Illustratorin Teresa Sdralevich Plakate, die gesellschaftspolitische Statements setzen. Im Interview erzählt sie, welche Elemente für sie ein gutes Plakat-Design ausmachen und welche Gestalter sie besonders geprägt haben. Als Teresa Sdralevich das erste Mal ein Plakat entwarf, wusste...
We scoured places like Etsy and Amazon in search of the most attractive television and movie posters to flex your superior taste in cinema.
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1974 Artemide @ Bloomingdale's US Advertising scan showing "Stadio" dining table, "Bacco" rolling bar, "Ara" cocktail table, "Gaudi" arm chair " I love my Bacco ... "
For its 20th anniversary, Concorto asked Camilla Falsini, a talented author whose imagery is rich in animals, colorful and hieratic creatures, cute sphinxes that seem to belong to an unconventional...
As Pierre Etaix's films finally get shown in the US, a look at Etaix's illustrations for Jacques Tati and at the posters for his own films.
Strelka Bar New Year poster 2016
Once again we present another beautiful poster selection - visit our Pinterest board for an extensive library of awe-inspiring designs. Today, as you'll notice,...
Three book covers that will make you shudder (all for different reasons!)
Coca-Cola's orgy of happiness continues with recyclable plastic beverage bottles made partially from plants, touted in cute ads from Ogilvy New York. The ads are rendered in Coke's signature colors and design style with clever visual twists. One shows a flower—it's also two passionate faces—and reads, "Plants make us happy. They make us want to smooch, neck and kiss. They also make our bottles." Yeah, plants are cheap labor, all right. PlantBottles substitute renewable sugarcane for up to 30 percent of the petroleum used in standard recyclable beverage bottles, which the company says offsets carbon emissions and helps the environment. Makes me feel warm and fizzy all over. Other recent happy stuff from Coke includes "friendly" bottles that can only be opened by other bottles, caps that turn empties into useful objects and a cooler designed for villages off the power grid. Such promotions have generally received high marks, though there's been at least one wrong turn for this particular happiness cycle. More images and credits below. Via Ads of the World.
From the strapping and determined Rosie to the infamous, predatory shark from Jaws, posters have had a long history of spreading ideas, promoting events, and marketing products. Even though adverti…
… I love all things Russian when it comes to illustration and the graphic arts, and so it goes without saying that Lubok, the popular print form that informs so much Russian illustration, tic…
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