The 'Golden Age' of Posters

It was a great time to be doing posters.

This is a slightly different post in that it's not of a specific piece, but I feel it is important for what it is, especially since it was one of the featured articles when I first saw it.
The article is a short reflection of when poster designing really took off and how the artists had to depict a message through one image by using geometric shapes, colors, and text. It may seem like a no-brainer now, but imagine coming up with that back when there was nothing like it to reference. Even now, I am sure that there is some novel design technique and style that has never been seen before, it's just no one has thought of it yet. The article also mentions some of the "failures" of well designed posters because they were just ahead of their time, so the next time someone says your design sucks, maybe the world is just not ready for it yet.

- Catherine