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Poster-Art: Innovation in Poster Design

Poster-Art: Innovation in Poster Design
By Charlotte Rivers

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Explore one of the most accessible and effective art forms

Posters have long been an integral part of the cityscape. Not only do they provide useful information, but they are also outdoor exhibitions of graphic art. Poster-Art explores the exciting area of poster design in a timely and essential examination of everything that goes into making a poster. The book looks at how the color, artwork, and typography are used to achieve a successful design: attention grabbing, succinct, convincing, and memorable. Poster-Art showcases an international collection of graphic design in this continually developing area. From mass-market designs to exclusive, limited-edition works, the book explores both the creative inspiration behind the works, as well as the practical considerations. Through its detailed analyses, Poster-Art leaves no stone unturned in its exploration of the exciting area of poster design.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #273379 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-02-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 160 pages

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About the Author

Charlotte Rivers started her career at design title Graphics International (now Grafik) before moving to Sydney, Australia, to work at media and marketing title Ad News. Since returning to the UK she has contributed to a number of magazines, including Cent, Grafik and PRINT (New York), and worked as editorial coordinator for Lab magazine. Charlotte lives in London, UK.

Customer Reviews

Visually Excellent!5
I got this book to give me some more ideas in poster design and it's fantastic! Some works are really arty and don't really communicate the fundamentals of who, when and where, clearly however, there are a great many examples in here of excellent poster design concepts and artwork. Overall if you're simply looking for a whole bunch of different visual idea's then this book is great!

surprisingly good4
I bought this book with suspicious in mind but it came out to be a really good surprise. The posters inside are indeed innovative, and most of them are extremelly well conceived and beautifully crafted: a great source of inspiration to most designers. A short explanation follows each of them and adds a lot to it.

On the other side, the editorial project is quite poor. Lots of unecessary graphics and 'water marks' that stand in the way of the important pictures.

great5
I think its a great book for some fresh Ideas. It shows many styles as well as designers from all over the country. Every subject matter and every other company can be seen in this book. I like the short paragraphs about each poster. Not too much text, more images. GREAT