There's a neat article by Steven Heller in the NY Times today about motivational posters from the 20th century. Those of you who may be near Gainesville, Florida should check out the exhibit he mentions (at U of FL). Read the article here.

Which reminds me — can we put this one to rest?:



Yes!! (image via alan spach)

Francisco Palacios "El Puente" film poster, 1950
Antonio Martorell "Las Sillas" theater production, 1964
Antonio Martorell "La Batalla de Argelia", 1969
José Meléndez Contreras "Programa de Navidad", 1968 (I love the colors on this one!)
Luis Abraham Ortiz "Semana John Cage" concert poster, 1982

I've been meaning to blog about this book since last year! It's titled "El Cartel en Puerto Rico" by Teresa Tió. An excellent art book showing the history of poster design in Puerto Rico. Above are some of my favorites. Yet another reason why we need to bring back illustration into our advertising.