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Funny Sign Friday™ - May 27, 2016

5/27/2016

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gawck's funny sign friday™: What's new is old again?
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Antique tables
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A step beyond sandcastles

5/26/2016

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German artist Tim Bengel has a unique method of creating art.  Using various colours of sand, he applies each grain to a sticky canvas using a scalpel. At the end, the excess sand is removed revealing his incredible work. He creates portraits as well as intricate scenery. His largest work, the Palace of Versailles, took a painstaking 300 hours to complete. 
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Funny Sign Friday™ - May 20, 2016

5/20/2016

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gawck's funny sign friday™: This equals the temptation of not popping  bubble wrap.
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Funny Sign Friday™ - May 13, 2016

5/13/2016

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gawck's funny sign friday™: Fine then. (Image from: https://jinitashah.com/tag/fail/​)
Exit strategy
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Celebrating the Poster

5/10/2016

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How Posters Work by Ellen Lupton
Ellen Lupton understands posters. Her book, How Posters Work features a collection of 150 posters that were showcased at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York. Instead of simply presenting the poster images in her book, Lupton has used her design skills to divide the posters into the design principals used by the creator. The book is likely to become as popular with graphic design students as her first book, Thinking with Type.

Typography expert Ilene Strizver says, "The best posters are designed to relay information in a manner that appeals to the intended audience in an eye-catching, engaging way." Her recent article explores the 14 design principles used in Lupton's book. 

​Here are some of the iconic poster samples featured in Lupton's  book and Strizver's article: 

How Posters Work - John Lennon
How Posters Work - Takenobu Igarashi
How Posters Work - Adler - Lucian Bernhard
How Posters Work - Lawrence Beall Smith
How Posters Work - Rafael Enriquez
How Posters Work - GANG
How Posters Work - Lois Ehlert
How Posters Work - Andrzej Klimowski
How Posters Work - Neuhart and Girard
How Posters Work - Paul Rand and Josef Muller-Brockmann
How Posters Work - Fritz Fischer and Saul Bass
How Posters Work - Victor Moscoso
How Posters Work - Art Chantry
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Funny Sign Friday™ - May 6, 2016

5/6/2016

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gawck's funny sign friday™: Only valid during daylight savings time.   
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Funny parking sign
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Before the days of 'Photoshopping'

5/4/2016

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Before the days of Adobe Photoshop, skilled photographers and printers used techniques in the darkroom to enhance, subdue and alter areas of photos. Test prints would be marked up with edits to be made. Below are several examples of iconic images marked up to feature their full potential. ​http://petapixel.com/2013/09/12/marked-photographs-show-iconic-prints-edited-darkroom/
Darkroom photo edits James Dean
Darkroom photo edits Muhammad Ali
Darkroom photo edits Audrey Hepburn
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