I really like the illustration used on this French grande poster for The Thief Of Paris, as directed by Louis Malle (France, 1967)
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— Breathless
A rather fabulous illustrated 1961 UK mini quad poster for Breathless, directed of course by Jean-Luc Godard (France, 1960).
The poster’s designer was Peter Strausfeld (1910-1980).
— Instagram Instant Perfections
Thailand-based photographer Chompoo Baritone has created a clever series called #slowlife, which shows how Instagram’s heightened reality – false reality? – can be used to crops scenes and make the user’s life seem perfect, creating an aesthetic by hiding bedroom mess, bad architecture, overgrown gardens, and half-eaten food.
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— Macbeth
There seems to be a lot of posters out there ahead of the release of the new film version of Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender.
I do like these two though.
Via: IMP Awards
— Albin Besjak.
Sublime photograph by Albin Besjak.
Via: Iain Claridge
— Heavenly Stairway
What a truly exquisite staircase design by Gustave Moreau.
Via: Iain Claridge
— Interview & ‘Me’
Here’s seven of eight new covers for the new issue of Interview magazine starring Madonna, Victoria Beckham, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian West and Zayn Malik.
Creative Director legendary Fabien Baron
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— New Book Covers
Here’s a selection of fine new book cover designs. You can see considerably more across at The Casual Optimist.
The first is Unbuttoning America by Ardis Cameron; design by Kimberly Glyder; illustration by Al Moore (Cornell University Press / May 2015)
For those too young to know, in the mid-sixties Peyton Place was a huge best selling novel in the States and one of the first seminal American TV series, and this new book taking a glance towards the phenomenon is likely to offer an interesting read.
You can see more of my own preferred cover designs after the jump:
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— Blind
I don’t know much about this new Norwegian movie, but here’s the international poster for BLIND (directed by Eskil Vogt, 2014).
…I do find it somewhat intriguing.
The poster designer is Handverk
— The Danish Girl
Film posters for Tom Hooper’s new movie ‘The Danish Girl’.
…and, yes, the lead female actor is Eddie Redmayne.
— Zeit Magazine
Art from Marlene Dumas stars this weeks cover Zeit magazine from Germany
I love this cover concept by using two covers after each other (page 1 and page 3).
Zeit Magazin carries this concept each week and this creates an excellent opportunity to give more depth to their coverstories.
Via: CoverJunkie
— The Fox & The Star
At the Penguin blog, the remarkable Coralie Bickford-Smith talks about The Fox and the Star, a new book she has written, illustrated and designed:
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