posters to toast the new year

We hope things have started on the up side for you so far this new year. Here are some posters to celebrate the fresh start and to cheer up your eyes.

Above is a fine celebration of celebrating by Michael Engelmann (1928 – 1966). Found here .  You’ll find a lot more of his work in a recent book, one of the International Poster Collection series published in Zurich, cover below.

Above is from Aqua Velvet, here. And there’s more Michael Engelmann at the MOMA,here.

After drinking and smoking sometimes there’s blushing.  This great blush was made by French artist Catherine Zask from here

Cathrine Zask is featured with her own volume in the International Poster Collection series (image above from that), see aqua velvet again and her own swell website.

The new year is the ideal time to make lists.  Let’s see, number 1….

Well let’s try number 2….

Above both by the acclaimed Paula Scher of Pentagram.  See  here and here

And if you don’t have a 2011 calendar to keep track of it all, you might want to get one of these:

There’s 11 more months too, a project by Marin Santic seen on the Behance Network here.

The best thing about 2011 is that it hasn’t happened yet.  It’s still a seed underground.

How cool is that?

Posters by Czechs

For the biggest best selection of Czech posters, check Terry (Gilliam) posters here

You can find some of the above and more here

And also here.

And don’t miss this.

Czechs please.

dutch posters

Nicolaas Wijnberg, 1970

Dick Elffers, 1971

Eppo Doeve, 1948

Anthon Beeke, 1996.  All above NEDERLANDS HOOGTIJ, seen here http://www.affichemuseum.nl/index.html

Wim Crouwel, Arlette Brouwers, Total Design, 1981   Here.

By Harry Sierman

Mr Sierman again, both above via grainedit, here.

Lies Ros en Rob Schröder , 1987 also from the dutch poster museum

posters russian

The great El Lissitzky, 1919

The also great Rodchenko

1920

The two above and more from Soviet Cinema here

Above from International Poster

Rodchenko again, seen all over.

Stenberg for Potemkin, very nice

This from a painter, Lebedev, seen here.

Two above,  from here, are particularly upbeat.

There is a fine book about soviet posters, called just that, see here

More Music Posters

More great gig posters from, where else:  gigposters.com. Above design by Invisible Creature

Above 3, all for the Warfield in San Francisco, designed by Firehouse.

Nice

Another by Invisible Creature this one for Canada’a own musical fire, Arcade Fire.

Feast your eyes on the music made visible at gig posters.  Almost like being there.