Latest News
-
Ten famous designs that inspired imitation
-
A new blog about Hans Unger (1915-75) written by author and designer Naomi Games -
A new bibliography of British Poster History. I'd be delighted for any feedback and, of course, for details of books/articles I've missed !
David
-
Soviet space posters - Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition at the Scie... (sciencemuseum.org.uk)Iraklii Toidze's In the Name of Peace, 1959 is just one of the powerful posters on display in the exhibition Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age at the Science Museum until 13th March 2016. As curator Natalia Sidlina writes: 'Toidze had been a poster designer since 1927. A decade before then the first propaganda posters had appeared in Russia, flagstones on a richly illustrated path that was to stretch across half a century from insurgency through war to outer space'. -
The Danish Poster Museum shows classic and modern posters, Danish and foreign posters, and posters with a political, artistic or commercial message. At the moment there's an exhibition Spot On! English Posters from the Interwar Period on display until 3rd January 2016. -
The V&A exhibition A World to Win: Posters of Protest and Revolution is currently on display at the National Print Museum in Dublin (17 September – 8 November 2015). In this guest post, Eimer Murphy reflects on her experiences of researching Dublin protest graphics from the Students Against the Demolition of Dublin (S.A.D.D.) to a first-hand account of one of the recent Irish water protests. -
‘Hans Unger Centenary Exhibition’ from 10-25 October 2015 at the Highgate Society, 10A South Grove N6 6BS, London: Saturday 10-6, Sunday 2-6, Tuesday 2-6, Thursday 4-8.
Please check opening times before visiting. Tel: 020 8348 4082. -
Pictured left to right: Talk, Eric Huynh 2015; No cycling on the pavement, Elizabeth Adley 2015; Blinded by music, Elliot Reeves 2015; Awareness, Rahim Ahmed 2015. Posters designed by students on the TfL Youth Travel Ambassadors program from City and Islington Sixth Form Academy.
The Poster Parade is a regular exhibition of items from the London Transport Museum's historic poster collection. 20 posters are exhibited on the First Floor Mezzanine of the London Transport Museum to illustrate a theme chosen to support marketing and live programs work being carried out by the Museum. April - July's poster parade, entitled Don't. Please. Thank You is a wonderful example of community curating. The display is illustrative of a collaboration between Transport for London's Youth Travel Ambassadors program and the curatorial department at London Transport Museum. The exhibition includes 16 posters from the Museum's historic poster collection alongside 4 works made by students at the City and Islington Sixth Form College on the Youth Travel Ambassadors program. The students' work reflects a cross-section of influences from the Museum's collection while also reflecting the concerns facing young travellers today. Don't. Please. Thank You will be on display at London Transport Museum, from 24 April until 24 July on the First Floor Mezzanine.
List of posters in the Poster Parade:
- Please Stand on the Right of the Escalator, by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird), 1944
- Please Have Your Ticket Ready At The Barrier, by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird), 1944
- Please don't smoke in a non-smoking car, by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird), 1944
- Please pass down the Car, by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird), 1944
- Please offer your seat to those who need it, by McBess, 2013
- Please take care getting on and off the Tube, Agency M & C Saatchi, 2003
- Don't be a standing target, by Geoff Perkin Creative Consultancy (GPCC, Pilot Associates), 1992
- Please keep your personal stereo personal! by Tim Demuth, 1991
- Please move down the carriage, artist unknown, circa 2003
- Don't Board a Moving Train, by George Loraine Stampa, 1920
- Litter slows London down, by Burke, 1991
- A fair average Conduct helps the Service - ideal Passenger, by Lunt Roberts, 1927
- Courtesy aids service; Hand Signals, by Beath (John M Fleming), 1946
- Please take your litter home, by Richard Spice, 1991
- Please have your exact Fare ready, artist unknown, 1971
- Please stand on the right, by Tom Eckersley, 1949
- Talk, by Eric Huynh, 2015 (City and Islington Sixth Form College)
- Awareness, by Rahim Ahmed, 2015 (City and Islington Sixth Form College)
- Blinded by music, by Elliott Reeves, 2015 (City and Islington Sixth Form College)
- No Cycling on the pavements, by Elizabeth Adely, 2015 (City and Islington Sixth Form College)
Article written by Rachael Minott, Trainee Curator
-
We are delighted to announce that the Posters Network has been awarded a grant by Arts Council England as part of the Museum Resilience Fund 2015-8. This grant will support a research project based at the V&A, to investigate collection and curation of digital posters. We'll be thinking about the changing possibilities and characteristics of the poster, pooling the Network's expertise and seeking new skills and knowledge. We want to ask questions, test ideas and find practical solutions to the problem of how to collect, conserve and exhibit digital posters. We're looking forward to collaborating with you!
