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Its All Just A Blur To Us

Dear Edwina -

I am a poster loving graphic designer/art director. But I'm not feeling it from these posters. Just writing about them is making me sleeeeeeeeeeepy.

Signed, Snoozing 

Now Quit Gawking And Get Back To Work

BuzzFeed has posted photos of 40 Inspiring Workspaces Of The Famously Creative.

Picture at top is Chip Kidd’s desk at Knopf. The one at bottom is Edwina Trout’s desk here in the MonkeyArtAwards executrix suite. And yes, you smg-faced technodouches, that is a Quadra 605 with a 68040 upgrade.

OMFUG

"If you're the type of cynical punk asshole who thinks the movie about CBGB can't be anything but terrible, well GOOD NEWS, the movie's poster essentially proves you right." - The Village Voice

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And The Hits Just Keep On Comin'

Dear Edwina, here's another to add to the "shiner" pile:

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We Took A Real Shiner To These Ads

Matthew Weiner's Memory Is A Bit Sketchy

A recent New York Times article tells us the show's creator, Matthew Weiner, inspired by a childhood memory of lush, painterly illustrations on T.W.A. flight menus, wanted to recreate that look for this season’s print campaign.

It could be we are thinking of a different era, but the Mad Men finished art looks more like a rough indication than any of the “lush, painterly illustrations” we remember from back in the day.

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On the other hand, a reader has just brought this to our attention:

Dear Edwina... I thought it was a Bob Peak ripoff:

It's A Face Off Face Off

The Lost Art of The Ghana Movie Poster

Foggy Mountain Ad Breakdowns

If you’re like us, you didn’t know nothing about nothing until you discovered Wikipedia on the Internets. We didn’t even know our fellow key artists were ripping off some 19th century German romantic (pardon the oxymoron) painter until one of readers sent us this article on Caspar David Friedrich’s "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog"

Here Are Some Things

Dear Edwina, 

The "Here Are Some Things Poster" is very cleverly used for Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers," but Vince Vieluf's "Order Of Chaos" got their first several years ago.

Either way, it's better than a bunch of airbrushed faces.

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A Reader Asks: What Kind Of Boobs Do They Think We Are, Anyway?

Dear Edwina,

I’m noticing a strange consistency in two new arrivals on Impawards today. Is this the best that the entertainment biz has to offer these days?  

Signed Anonymous

Dear Anonymous, we refer you to our post from April, 2012: “Remember The 80s: The Golden Age of Teen Sex Comedy Posters? If you’re like us, you’re trying to forget them.”

“The Poster Doesn't Tell Me Anything. But It Looks Like Something Bad Is Happening."

From HuffPo: First-Grader Judges 2013 Oscar-Nominated Movies by Their Posters

"I have no idea what this one is about, but I think something happened like an earthquake or something, because those people are running and look scared. And the big picture of the guy, he looks scared too, scared of the earthquake. Argo is the name of the guy in the picture. Or it has something to do with a ship, like there is an earthquake and they all have to go on a ship named Argo. It looks like a bad movie and I can't see it because it's PG-13."

The Monthly Magazine For Professional Fusspots And Design Enthusiasts

Olly Would

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Ho Hum. Just One More Vendor Destroyed By Budget Cuts In The Name Of Corporate Profits

From Deadline Hollywood:

Rhythm & Hues is filing for bankruptcy. The companny informed employees around 9 PM Sunday of the upcoming Chapter 11 filing. Many Rhythm & Hues employees were also told by management not to show up to work Monday. On Friday, the company preceded its bankruptcy filing news by announcing to workers that paychecks would be delayed indefinitely. 

A Reader Submits: Key Arts And Crafts From Reddit, Comments Included

"Man I want this poster"

"Yeah would really love to have this on my wall. Any digital versions or prints for sale?"

"Uh... we are in the Graphic Design subreddit. Why not just MAKE one? It's just text. I could do this in half an hour."

"I guess it wasn't clear... This is a joke. It pokes fun at the idea all movies posters follow this or a similar template. Didn't think that had to be spelled out."

"Nope. They should have used Trajan for The Title."

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Luxury Ocean Front Condos With Breathtaking Watermark Views

Dear Edwina,

 LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling didn't become a multi-millionaire by foolishly PAYING $19 for his iStockPhoto purchases. After all, the watermarked versions work just fine, and they're free!