http://www.36point.com/archives/2008/12/021.html A Community for Graphic Designers Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.36point.com/archives/2008/12/021.html/comment-page-1#comment-287 Eric N Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:01:34 +0000 http://36point.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-287 I'd like to hear more about this "communicative truth." How exactly a gigposter featuring vintage ephemera (for the sake of the argument, I'm going to ignore the hundreds of artists who draw their own posters) any different, any less honest than advertisements for a design contest that feature laundry or tarot cards? How is that less truthful in its communication? I’d like to hear more about this “communicative truth.” How exactly a gigposter featuring vintage ephemera (for the sake of the argument, I’m going to ignore the hundreds of artists who draw their own posters) any different, any less honest than advertisements for a design contest that feature laundry or tarot cards? How is that less truthful in its communication?

]]> http://www.36point.com/archives/2008/12/021.html/comment-page-1#comment-286 Bennett Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:39:02 +0000 http://36point.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-286 I'm sure Nate's idea would work for those really bad, unreadable concert fliers for local bands. I'm thinking a templated design would at least improve the readability of them, but even in that instance, would it really increase the "communicative truth". Maybe even those horrible local concert fliers communicate exactly what they intend to. Kadavy, I challenge you to create Nate's OPRG (have fun collecting the vintage illustrations) . . . then upload the resulting posters to gigposters.com and see how the group reacts. Make sure the information is believable enough, so the posters are taken seriously. After that, compare the posters to AA, Heads of State, Jay Ryan, Hatch, Small Stakes, Yee Haw, Decoder Ring, Burlesque, Hammerpress or the native Nebraska poster people for that matter Nyffeler, Nielsen, Pachunka, Schmickle, Swift, Schmiedeskamp, Weis, Boe. I’m sure Nate’s idea would work for those really bad, unreadable concert fliers for local bands. I’m thinking a templated design would at least improve the readability of them, but even in that instance, would it really increase the “communicative truth”. Maybe even those horrible local concert fliers communicate exactly what they intend to.
Kadavy, I challenge you to create Nate’s OPRG (have fun collecting the vintage illustrations) . . . then upload the resulting posters to gigposters.com and see how the group reacts. Make sure the information is believable enough, so the posters are taken seriously. After that, compare the posters to AA, Heads of State, Jay Ryan, Hatch, Small Stakes, Yee Haw, Decoder Ring, Burlesque, Hammerpress or the native Nebraska poster people for that matter Nyffeler, Nielsen, Pachunka, Schmickle, Swift, Schmiedeskamp, Weis, Boe.

]]> http://www.36point.com/archives/2008/12/021.html/comment-page-1#comment-285 kadavy Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:39:25 +0000 http://36point.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-285 You know, this would probably actually work quite well. You know, this would probably actually work quite well.

]]> http://www.36point.com/archives/2008/12/021.html/comment-page-1#comment-284 Geoff Thibeau Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:47:36 +0000 http://36point.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-284 Gig posters don't bother me as much, now that I've witnessed classmates graft that aesthetic onto <strong>ANY</strong> project they're working on. What would make this laundry detergent distributor really take a stand against the competition and emotionally connect to its low-income target market? <em>How about a grainy heart illustration taken from a medical book? And slap some angel wings on that bitch! <strong>AND PUT 'EM ALL OVER IN DIFFERENT SIZES TO THE EFFECT OF A LAZER BEAMMMMM!</strong></em> Done. Next project? Gig posters don’t bother me as much, now that I’ve witnessed classmates graft that aesthetic onto ANY project they’re working on.
What would make this laundry detergent distributor really take a stand against the competition and emotionally connect to its low-income target market? How about a grainy heart illustration taken from a medical book? And slap some angel wings on that bitch! AND PUT ‘EM ALL OVER IN DIFFERENT SIZES TO THE EFFECT OF A LAZER BEAMMMMM! Done. Next project?

]]> http://www.36point.com/archives/2008/12/021.html/comment-page-1#comment-283 Eric N Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:28:23 +0000 http://36point.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-283 Wouldn't it be awesome if the random clip art featured pictures of dead horses and people beating them? Wouldn’t it be awesome if the random clip art featured pictures of dead horses and people beating them?

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