Poster

This is a poster I bought at an Ikea a while back and never bothered to put up. I bought it because I really liked the way different typefaces, styles, and images were used to create something unified and enjoyable to look at. I like that it doesn't matter which way you turn it, because there will always be some images that are sideways or upside-down. Its only purpose is to serve as decoration, although I think it's made up of different posters advertising performers (for example, I think the bright yellow square is advertising Bob Marley). There are many different typefaces from different times, instead of sticking to just one or two typefaces characteristic of a specific era of graphic design. Overall I think it's a really great design, because at first glance it just looks like someone threw together all these different colors and typefaces, but as you look around the poster you start to see that everything meshes together because of the lack of similarity among the squares. I think I'm going to have to finally hang this poster up. :)