Obey Propaganda

Flyers for Obey Giant that have that defiant and old school feel like you're ready to march off to a protest with a cardboard poster and conventional torch in hand. They evoke an almost political satire-from-past-decades feel in a contemporary setting that has risen in popularity through the art direction of renown graphic designer / actvist / dj Shepard Fairey who designed the Obama "HOPE" poster like a boss.

His use of artistic talent for nonprofit organizations and the less fortunate make his design work that much more awesome and inspiring. His most recent work on American artist Jasper Johns here and his work from earlier in the year on a shirt in promotion of a film on the preservation of nature called 180 South.

+also the Obey sample sale (preview) is this weekend for those of you in the socal region. Having gone to one last year, the line can get pretty lengthy and tedious, but for $10 shirts from them its not half bad.

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Tant - The Take Over

Israeli designer Tant has come out with another awesome ass-kicking in ink.  Check out more of their amazing posters at our previous post here.

World's Fair Posters

 

These poster designs are just as stunning as they are ancient -- and they wure are able to graphically convey, very powerfully, the notions of progress, power, and innovation that the World Fair stood for.

Campionato Mondiale Ciclo-Cross 1965

Is it that hard to believe that this poster was designed 45 years ago?  Either way, it's sick, and it's done in a style that we still see done by artists today.  Design credits unknown -- if you have any idea of who it might be, please comment!

Simon C. Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Truly effective minimalism achieved by the poster designs of Simon C. Page.  While taking a few design cues from the masters of minimal graphic design, Simon not only makes astronomy and space cool again, but he also finds a very aesthetic way to represent what are usually dull and uninspiring scientific diagrams.  All of these fine prints are available for purchase here.