Reader S.O.W -- Ian Percival

Penguin Book tribute film covers from Ian Percival, this week's Reader Submission Of the Week from Leicester, UK. I thought he was really able to capture that classic feel and harness it in recreating his own works--a prime example of inspiration at its best.   

LINKS:
Piper Gates Design

Graphic Art by the Legendary Mike Mills

Animated Poster: Josef Müller-Brockmann by Vít Zemčík

Vít Zemčík is an art student from the Czech Republic, and the talented artist who animated one of Josef Müller-Brockmann's famous poster designs.  Check out more of Josef Müller-Brockmann's work in our previous posts here and here.

via the ISO50 blog.

OTHER POSTS YOU MIGHT LIKE:

Classic Poster Designs by Josef Müller-Brockmann (Part I)

Josef Müller-Brockmann (part II)

Rafael Tufiño - A classic Puetro Rican poster artist from New York

Rafael Tufiño, the "Painter of the People," is a famous Puerto Rican painter who was born in Brooklyn, but is also famous for his amazing poster prints.  If any of this is reminscent of old WPA posters, it's because Rafael Tufiño designed his most popular posters during the 1950's for government-sponsored literacy and hygiene campaigns.  Check out PuertoRicanPosters.com for more of his work and other designers from the country.

Vintage Japanese posters for the Industrial Expo from the 1928-1941

Grand Exposition in Commemoration of the Imperial Coronation – Kyoto, 1928

I love Japanese art, and I love the Pink Tentacle, especially this post they made about these Vintage Japanese Expo posters that you see here.  The posters are part of a collection taken from this book, Nihon no Hakurankai.

National Defense Science Exposition – Hyogo, 1941

 Asia Development and Defense Exposition – Toyota City, 1941

 Second Sino-Japanese War Exhibition – Osaka, 1938

 Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition – Nagoya, 1937

 Japan-Manchuria Industrial Exhibition – Toyama, 1936

 Exposition Commemorating the Construction of Hakata Port – Fukuoka, 1936

  Yokohama Exposition – Yokohama, 1935

Exposition Commemorating Hakata Port Construction – Fukuoka, 1936

The National Products Progress Exhibition – Kagoshima, 1931

 Sea and Air Exhibition – Tokyo, 1930

Via  Pink Tentacle's post, Vintage Japanese industrial expo posters

Images from the book Nihon no Hakurankai