Similar to typographic adverts, typographic gig posters have been wanting to grab enough attention from the general public. A lot of the posters that are for musical acts have become more creative and unique, or at least try to, with obscure characters, creatures and experimenting with different typefaces and/or typographic styles.
One poster going the typographic way is for the Japanese band, Guitar Wolf. This poster was designed by the people at Post Typography in which the poster is first viewed to look like the Japanese flag, with the band name and band member's name to form the circular part of the flag, but when you turn off the lights, the poster turns into a glow in the dark poster still keeping the circular typographic design in the middle of the page, but in black this time with hand drawn images around it. I think this is a brilliant and original idea for a promotional poster. I like how they've chosen to do it in a glow in the dark type of setting as a lot of the time, people would see this poster in the dark via other concerts, as many of these type of bands (grunge/punk) perform at night time.
One poster going the typographic way is for the Japanese band, Guitar Wolf. This poster was designed by the people at Post Typography in which the poster is first viewed to look like the Japanese flag, with the band name and band member's name to form the circular part of the flag, but when you turn off the lights, the poster turns into a glow in the dark poster still keeping the circular typographic design in the middle of the page, but in black this time with hand drawn images around it. I think this is a brilliant and original idea for a promotional poster. I like how they've chosen to do it in a glow in the dark type of setting as a lot of the time, people would see this poster in the dark via other concerts, as many of these type of bands (grunge/punk) perform at night time.
Reference.
Post Typography (2009). Revisited May 27 2010. http://posttypography.com/site/index.php?action=portfolio&tid=6&iid=490
Post Typography (2009). Revisited May 27 2010. http://posttypography.com/site/index.php?action=portfolio&tid=6&iid=490
I like this because the type of person who would go to the concert is the type of person who would see it at night. Its a really good way to get peoples attention, if they see it agaign during the day after seeing it at night the will wonder "was it really there, did I actually see the glow in the dark?"
ReplyDeleteLove advertising/billboards that interact with you. The way they've made the poster look like the flag of Japan is another neat touch!
ReplyDeleteWas wondering if it would actually come across as black or they have made it that so you can see it better. I'm presuming its Done on Glow in the Dark Stock with the Type Circle in Red and the images in white ink. Is there somewhere where there is photos of this displayed at night? would really like to look into it some more.
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