Eve Group

This is a poster for the Eve Group Co., Ltd. This has a very dynamic layout because the big tree is off center and the type is on it's side. I think the quality of the illustration on the tree is very good. The red and black color scheme is nice. The designer did a great job with the negative space on this poster. I think it is advertising a sale, but I'm not sure how the tree relates to a sale. I found this in the Type Directors Club Annual 28.

Fresh Diaogue

This is a poster for the American Institute of Graphic Arts. It definitely looks like water for the letters, but I'm not sure if it is real water or computer generated water. I like this design because it has good placement, and it is creative. The small words are hard to read, but it still looks awesome. This is in the 28th TDC Annual.

Les Annees Trente

When I first saw this I thought it reminded me of early modern and art deco designs, and then as I read about it, I found out that it is a poster for a series of exhibitions and a film festival about the 1930's. That is the same time as those styles, so I think the retro idea makes it a good design. The typeface is Bifur and Revisiting Type.This image is from Cool Type 2wo.

Masquerade

This poster was in the 28th TDC Annual. It is a poster for Downtown Arts District Association. I like all of the vivid and bright colors, and the way they are grouped as warm on the bottom and cool on the top. This has really good balance, because of the mask in the center. It goes to a man on one side and a woman on the other. The way the colors/feathers intertwine is great. This poster is very eye-catching, and the designer did a good job with the hand lettering.

Metropole

This is the logo for the Metropole Restaurant. The font is an altered form of Bifur, which is a font that was designed by A.M. Cassandre. I think this is interesting because of the way the letters are made out of flat color and geometric shapes. It reminds me of the Early Modern style and Art Deco style. I found this in the Cool Type 2wo book.

Go Your Own Way

This post has four versions of a poster that encourages people to attend Tynemouth College and North Tyneside College. It tells you to "Go Your Own Way" at either college because they have over 600 courses to choose from. I really like the clever pictures on each poster, because in each one the subject matter has one subject that is different. The banana one has a peel that is dancing in front of the other bananas, and the fish one has a fish with an oxygen tank on. The designs are good because the composition is split in half, and the type has an understandable hierarchy. The colors are bright and get your attention. I found this in a book titled, Design Basics.

Bernhardt Furniture

These are two different ads for the same company to put emphasis on their furniture. Each one is a really good illustration with type that accentuates the feel of the furniture. In the top one they used a sometimes ornate serif typeface and squished it all together to create the comfortable feel of the couch. In the bottom one an Art Nouveau typeface was used because that is the style of the bench. I really like what the words say for each piece of furniture.I located these in the book Advertising.