October 08, 2008

Reliving the Past

Both Carin and VSA have a knack for breathing new life into visual tropes of graphic design history — sometimes it results in seemingly literal translations, while other times as new interpretations, but always interesting and appropriate.

Posters by VSA for the Harley-Davidson Traveling Museum, which showcased memorabilia and classic motorcycles.

Two book covers by Carin: Ulysses is directly influenced by a Paul Renner poster (shown below), which drew a bit of negative criticism from Tibor Kalman. (This is a subject we’ll talk about at the event, part of it is explained here). The Sonnets of Orpheus is a lovely graphic ode to Art Nouveau.

Poster for an exhibition of work from the Bavarian Trade Schools held in Zurich.

Filed in Arnett/Goldberg • Link