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- Thesocialgospel0
I really just think HoS could have taken on a much more unique personal project, considering how good their work is.
- you just downgraded yourself from dipshit to whiny bitch. (no offense to whiny bitches)idiots
- Thesocialgospel0
No, I am saying we have seen "vintage" travel "posters" a million times, move on to something else, everyone.
- idiots0
jealousy has reared it's ugly head
- discoduro0
You should just work for free.
- idiots0
TSG, have you ever thought of working with Jakob Nielsen?
- discoduro0
Design is trend.
- BaskerviIle0
While I don't agree with the original poster, I see his point re vintage style aesthetic.
There is a hell of a lot of work I've seen on the web recently 'in the style of' vintage posters. I'm talking specifically of Saul Bass style or the old Penguin books covers.
While this is harmless and some may say cute, it does not move on design anywhere, or help define an aesthetic for today.
Pastiching older design is pretty lazy unless there is a real reason. In the 20s and 30s when those travel posters were made, the artists and designers helped shape the look and feel of that time.
I'd rather young designers pushed things forward in general rather than harking back.
A good idea will shine through as long as the aesthetic doesn't get in the way too much- <--- this is how to make a legitimate case for the OP's intent.DRIFTMONKEY
- Amen.identity
- shut it Baskerville! hehe ;)OSFA
- idiots0
you're pigeonholing pretty hard i must say
like the web and every movie poster look this way? no.
its a style that some people like.
there are plenty of other things on plenty of other sites
- identity0
Substance > Style
Agreed with Baskerville - this vintage shit is like the hipster wardrobe of the design world. A style devoted SO MUCH to reference of the past that anything new added to it comes off as contrived garbage. I would disagree that it is harmless, however, as I see a LOT of college work right now referencing this stuff because it is perceptively "easy" and delivers a bold image. But, I suppose with any industry there will be those that reference and those that push...
- idiots0
based on the swaying arguments, the hate should be turned more on people like christian audiger, not olly moss. it's like the sad and pathetic are eating their elders out of spite and expectation.
- Thesocialgospel0
In addition to what baskerville said (which i agree with) i feel think in 50 years, design history will record the period we are working in as a time when designers concentrated on themselves, not an audience. Of course, this is fine, obviously design is influenced by art and vice versa, but I do think that design has become increasingly lazy.
I think the vintage aesthetic can be really nice, and obviously I employ it in much of my work, but what I really was trying to communicate in this thread was this growing trend of designers making posters for no particular reason, and with no particular uniqueness, rather settling for what has already been done.And I said it before, and I will said it again, I really respect HoS's work, I am sorry I couldnt be more eloquent in my argument.
- and by employ, i mean i am influenced by it.Thesocialgospel
- Morning_star0
Two words:
Jonathon Ives
- ismith0
Wouldn't you all agree that this is a necessity of innovation? It's a natural process, constantly fleshing out work and when the style has ceased to develop, something new emerges from the despair of repetition.
Also, do you have a problem with this "vintage style" being repeated or do you just feel that every example you've seen is shite? These are two different things entirely. Maybe it would be annoying [to me] if I thought everyone imitating this style sucked but in reality I feel there are some who actually develop it in ways that bring new life, which in my mind is no reason to deride others attempting to do the same.
- errr... that wasn't as intelligible as it was in my head, especially the last sentence. let me know if you don't understand...ismith
- Thesocialgospel0
ismith-
I think I am just tired of seeing it overall. I certainly dont think that being inspired by this type of design is bad, but I do think that if something has been done before, why do it again?
On that note, HoS are award winning, internationally known designers, whose work is distinct, smart, and unique. i think at a certain point the designer does need to be held accountable for what he or she is delivering to the public, and asked "why are you doing this?" If it is to make a living, make a buck, whatever, that is fine, but at what cost? It seems to me that creating something as generic as "posters" that focus on one famous aspect of a city, and nothing more, just because someone will buy it, is beneath HoS, but that is just my opinion.
- ismith0
"...if something has been done before, why do it again?"
And how far do you take this belief? Why do you use Indexhibit? Why do you use distressed type/imagery? Why do you like two songs written around the same e minor pentatonic riff? Or to take it in another direction– maybe part of doing things over again is focusing on the subtle differences, idiosyncrasies that make X's vintage style poster different from Y's vintage style poster.
- OSFA0
I could've swore it was the same chick when i first saw Perry singing...
- Thesocialgospel0
"And how far do you take this belief? Why do you use Indexhibit? Why do you use distressed type/imagery? Why do you like two songs written around the same e minor pentatonic riff? Or to take it in another direction– maybe part of doing things over again is focusing on the subtle differences, idiosyncrasies that make X's vintage style poster different from Y's vintage style poster."
I agree with you to a degree, but to that point NO ONE can be unique. However, one CAN try to push what already exists into a new direction, which I dont think HoS did with this particular project.
I do appreciate you disagreeing with me in a constructive and conversational manner, this subject is somehing that I am interested by, and I like talking about both sides of the argument.