New Masters of Poster Design: Volume Two!

It has been five years since John Foster compiled the groundbreaking New Masters of Poster Design. A surprise international success, it perfectly captured the turn of events that brought poster culture from an underground pursuit to part of our every day visual dialogue. Now, he has returned with a carefully curated set of 30 profiles via New Masters of Poster Design: Volume Two, again defining this exciting medium with cutting edge practitioners from around the globe, speaking candidly to Foster, knowing he is one of their own.

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SXSW Announces Interactive Award Nominees

Congrats to Joshua Cogan on his nomination!

Check out all the nominees here, see Joshua's amazing website here!

Brian Leatart on The Daily Edit!

Check out more of Brian's work @ www.brianleatart.com

Happy New Year from Brian Sorg!

My favorite photo moment happened while I was shooting backstage portraits for Spin magazine at Lollapalooza in August. While photographing The Kills, Jamie shook my hand and said, "We're pretty tired, you get 15 flashes man". I've never been told that before. I thought it was hilarious. I remember thinking to myself.. "I wonder if I could take one every hour, really spread these 15 out... would he be cool with that?"

I also got to shoot a great campaign for Secret deodorant called Mean Stinks. It's directed toward high school girls, telling them to be nicer to each other, especially behind their backs. The first round of ads were very straight to the point - tight shots of lockers and bathroom stalls with "nice" graffiti messages. For example, "Kara B is a Lovely Person" scratched menacingly into a bathroom stall door. Traditionally people write mean or hurtful messages in these situations. We turned it around and wrote nice things. I was happy to be involved with a shoot that had a such good message and an edgy look in the ads themselves.

In 2012 I am seriously looking forward to expanding my client base, hopefully working on some challenging and interesting projects and continuing to make pictures everyday.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from John Foster!

2011 was the year that I got to work with some of my musical heroes. People I admire so much that I had to constantly pinch myself that I was even talking to them, much less involved with their projects. It was a year in which I released a book, finished writing and designing another one (full of design heroes), and designed books for others on topics ranging from sci fi illustration to how to roast a pig. I was also far too happy to decree what was good in this world over at rockpaperink and my old standby BYT. I worked with arts and political organizations that I love, with people that I adore. I even got to help Brad Pitt rebuild New Orleans just a tiny bit. Not to mention my college lectures where I am pretty sure I didn't mess the kids up too badly. I am forgetting a ton of other goodies, but when you lay it all out, it looks pretty swell (If I do say so myself - and I do.) 

Picking a favorite moment (hiding in the tornado bunker at the Tulsa airport following an appearance there?) seems like a silly exercise, so I am going to grab a few images of one of the earliest 2011 highlights - the ESG "Dance" 7 inch. After helping place the song as part of the holiday xbox campaign, I was able to package it up as a single. If you had told me ten years ago that I would be designing vinyl singles in 2011, I would have peppered you with sarcastic references to 1991 - BUT here we are and I couldn't be happier. I even got to use some neon colors and throw my handmade type all over the place. 

So, Happy New Year to all you cats and kittens! Now Dance! Dance! Dance!