Posters

The Crazy Things We Say To Our Children

Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Etsy, Things I've Said to My Children, Kids, Children, Nathan Ripperger, Parenting, Babies, Posters, Parents, Parents News

Kids get credit for saying the darndest things -- when really, it's what parents say to their children that's hilarious. For example: "I am not ta...

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Olympic Posters Through History

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Sports, Art, Video, Olympics, Olympic Games, London Olympics, Posters, Olympic Posters, International, Poster, Arts News

In the early 1900s, the posters used ancient Greek figures to represent the ethos of the Olympics. Today, however, artists are exploring abstractions ...

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PHOTO: Does This #OWS Poster Go Too Far?

Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Protest Art, Occupy Wall Street Posters, Chinese Protest, Tiananmen Square, New York, Communism, Occupation, Ows Posters, Protest, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy, Tank Man, Posters, China, Occupy Wall Street Poster, Arts News

A poster for Occupy Wall Street's (OWS) November 17 'Day of Action' seems to compare OWS to the historic 1989 protests at Tiananmen Square in Beijing,...

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Dave Jamieson

Video Mocks GOP, Business Groups For 'Hysteria' Over Unions

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Nlrb, Video, Labor, Nfib, Gop, Chamber of Commerce, Posters, National Labor Relations Board, Labor Unions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Back in August, federal regulators issued a rule requiring businesses to hang posters informing employees of their rights to collective ...

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Shepard Fairey Designs The New Face Of Occupy Wall Street

The Huffington Post | Inae Oh | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: NY Around Town, Obama Hope Poster Shepard Fairey, Art, Posters, New York News, Wall Street, Shepard Fairey, Occupy Wall Street, New York News

Shepard Fairey, the graphic designer behind Barack Obama's iconic "Hope" posters, is showing his support for Occupy Wall Street protestors with an...

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The Greatest Movie Designer Ever?

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Saul Bass, Video, Designer, Saul Bass Designer, Great Designers, Saul Bass Design, Vertigo Poster, Posters, Poster Design, Movies, Advertising Design, Movie Poster, Greatest American Designer, Books News

Saul Bass was one of the greatest designers of the 20th Century. His iconic posters for Vertigo and The Man With The Golden Arm are some of the most m...

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Dave Jamieson

Obama Campaign's Call For Free Designs Angers Artists

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Video, Art, Design, Elections 2012, Obama Poster Contest, Obama Hope Poster Shepard Fairey, Matt Bors, Obama, Posters, Shepard Fairey, Obama Jobs Plan, #Nospec, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign recently launched a poster contest, inviting artists from across the country to submit designs in...

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PHOTOS: The Best Signs Of #OccupyWallStreet

Inae Oh | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Nypd, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Wall Street, Posters, Protestors, Occupy Wall Street, New York News

As Occupy Wall Street continues to inspire demonstrations and student walkouts nationwide, protesters are speaking their minds through posters to make...

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Artists as Critics

The New York Public Library | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Performing Arts, New York Public Library, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Graphic Design, Broadway, Design, Nypl, Theater, Fraver, Posters, New York News
The New York Public Library

Along with the artwork I've created for other great Broadway classics, including Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George, I am now watching my own designs contribute to Times Square.

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16 Over-the-Top WWII Propaganda Posters

Paul Jury | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hitler, Crazy, Ridiculous, Propaganda, Over the Top, World War II, Posters, America, Slidepollajax, Comedy News
Paul Jury

Nothing gets people in a mood to shoot guns and ration gasoline like propaganda, but sometimes it goes a bit over the top.

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PROPAGANDA ART: Posters Of Early American Guerrilla Marketing Uncovered

The Art Newspaper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Propaganda, Guerrilla Marketing, Marketing, Smear Campaigns, Shelburne Museum, Exhibitions, Posters, Circus, Art Exhibits, Arts News

LONDON. Questionable business practices, smear campaigns and a two-headed woman: not a typical day at the office for conservators at the Northeast Doc...

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Jason Linkins

Chamomile Tea Party Urges An End To Partisan Bickering Through Old-School Poster Designs [SLIDESHOW]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Chamomile Tea Party, Political-Critiques, Posters, Slidepollajax, Tea Party, Politics News

The "Chamomile Tea Party" is the brainchild of Jeff Gates, a designer who is pretty outspoken about his distaste for the partisan hostility that's eng...

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Levi's letterpress shop in process

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Letterpress, Posters, Levi Strauss, Impact News
Craig Newmark

The deal is that people can use a traditional form of media to get the word out regarding new tech and how it can be used for the common good. Check o...

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12 WPA Food Posters

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Posters, New Deal, Wpa, Works Progress Administration, WPA Food Posters, Posters, Slidepollajax, WPA Posters, Food News

Digging through the vast online archives of the Library of Congress, we were struck by these magnificent New Deal- and World War II-era food-related p...

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The Funniest Sex Education Posters Of All Time (PICTURES)

Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Venereal-Disease Posters, Safe Sex Posters, Funny Pictures, Anti-Vd Poster, VD Propaganda, Posters, Slidepollajax, Comedy News, Sex Education, World War II Posters, Funny Photos, Comedy Slideshows, Comedy News

Sex-education is a touchy subject (no pun intended). For religious, personal, or political reasons, not everyone can agree on the best way to educated...

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Own a Piece of Art History: Mark Bradford Merchant Posters

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Signs, Art, South Central LA, Hammer Museum, Contemporary Art, Mark Bradford, South Los Angeles, Posters, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Born in Los Angeles and raised in his mother's hair salon in Leimert Park, Mark Bradford learned at an early age the rudimentary tools of his art: calligraphy, signage, and handicraft.

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Bill Maher's Posters For Liz Cheney's 2012 Presidential Campaign (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Maher, 2012 Elections, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Liz Cheney 2010, Gop, Real Time With Bill Maher, Campaign, Posters, Republicans, Political Humor, Comedy News

Liz Cheney has not announced a presidential run in 2012. But with a recent profile in Newsweek guessing as much, it's very possible that the daughter ...

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The Obama Joker Poster

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Character Assassination, Bush, Obama Joker Poster, President Obama, Gop, Political Satire, Heath-Ledger-the-Joker, Socialism, Posters, Democrats, Political Lampooning, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

I didn't scream for the Obama Joker posters to be yanked down for a Hitlerian banned-book bonfire. The call was for the individual slapping the posters up to publicly ID themselves.

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Rosie the Recycler? Posters Aim to Halt Climate Change

Maura Judkis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Advertising, Ohio, Going Green, Climate Change, Public Transit, Green Living, Posters, World War II, Green News
Maura Judkis

The Green Patriot Posters project is beginning its campaign with a series of bus posters in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by local artist Michael Beirut.

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