our latest poster for the dutch national ballet campaign hanging around town this week, with thanks to mister ‘bart oomes’ for the jumpy ribbons…
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you ad could not be here
…according to reports, Google is developing the technology to enable them to start selling advertising space on real life billboards and posters in Street View. Google registered a new patent which describes how it plans to identify buildings, posters, signs and billboards and give advertisers the ability to replace these images with their own ads…
further evidence of the shift from a physical to a virtual world and of course, the weird world we live in… the lawyers are already sharpening their knives it seems
…as cool as this is, it raises a number of potential questions which I’m sure will have to be dealt with some point in the near future, especially if this technology can be used for turn-by-turn navigation and Augmented Reality applications. Who actually owns the real life space once it’s online/mobile?…
‘save as draft’
a brief overview of some current projects we are working on… new posters for the ‘sugar factory’ nightclub (above), a small identity (revamp) and various posters/collateral for a national giftcard for theater & live music venues called ‘podium’ (below)
a ‘sneak preview’ of the new black & white campaign series (above & below) for the upcoming ‘dutch national ballet’ season, shot by erwin olaf
and finally here below, a few excerpts from the catalogue/annual/book to accompany this years ‘fotofestival naarden’ currently in production….
i’ve also been approached to make a new typographical title sequence… as usual, more news and images to follow very soon
weltformat
an international poster competition for design students, the deadline for entries is september the 30th but the only question is what exactly are they asking for?:
… the posters are reflections of the society that views them and for whomthey are produced and hung in masses. The high requests and the interest fromsociety are reflected in this fascinatingmedia: its needs, its wishes and its dreams. The students are being challenged to consider the advantages and the powers of posters as an advertisement- and communication media. Posters for theposter – this must be the visual statement of the poster design…
say what?…
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i was recently interviewed (on the subject of posters) by the man with the most complete collection of current posters in amsterdam: mister jarr geerligs
a slightly different version of the interview was also posted up on the amsterdam adblog later this afternoon, a transcript of the original text can also be read here in me stuff