The Best German Poster Designs
by Adrian Hanft, (2 comments)
Have you ever surfed foreign sites just to look at pictures? I do. Sometimes I use Google’s translate tool to see what they are talking about, but other times, I just blindly surf. I follow link after link not understanding a single word, and not knowing where I will end up. Today I found a foreign design blog called Oeil Pour Oeil and followed a link to a site showing the best posters of Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. Maybe some of you understand German, but for the rest of us, it is pure eye candy.
Comments (2)
Michael Dogan said:
Time is so short in my workday.
That is why at first I just started skimming through the posters, looking at this one, or that. Before long, I realized I was looking at nearly every one! And thanking god that the list isn’t nearly that long.
They really are good pieces, and I can’t imagine sketching many of them first either! Some of them look totally digital. Are Europeans more apt to go right to screen?
How likely are you to skip sketching so you can shave some hours off a project?
I’m guilty. I’ve done it.
Posted on July 8, 2005
Adrian said:
I don’t feel too guilty about it, but I do most of my sketching on the computer. Most of my work is with photography, and rarely illustration. I might sketch out what I want for a photo, but usually it seems like I am making photo comps on the computer with low res stock photos, or I shoot photos myself. I remember having to do tons of thumbnail sketches in college and getting graded on them. Maybe it was just me, but the professor couldn’t tell what was going in my sketches. I always thought it was somewhat of a waste. They work great for personal use, but forget about showing it to anyone or making a presentation out of them. That is, unless you have the time and skill to make killer comps. I guess that isn’t totally true. I do sketh alot when I am designing a logo. For logos, that still seems to be the easiest way to generate many ideas very quickly.
Nate started with pencil and paper for the first round of his DesignOff AIGA poster. I wonder if that is the way he always works.
Posted on July 9, 2005