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The London Poster Project

Poster
2009 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

As part of the 2009 London Design Festival, Domenic Lippa at Pentagram worked with the Festival's Chairman, Sir John Sorrell in curating the London Poster Project. This exhibition was formed of twenty posters created by the UK's most renowned graphic designers. Each artist was asked to produce a poster that 'celebrates London as the creative capital of the world'. They were restricted to a palette of red and black and each silkscreened poster was produced in a limited edition of 100. The exhibition drew on the notion that the poster is one of the oldest and still one of the most powerful forms of graphic communication. The posters were displayed at the V&A during the London Design Festival in 2009.

Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • The London Poster Project (series title)
  • Cor-Blimey Trousers (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed poster
Brief description
Poster by Andy Altmann at Why Not Associates entitled 'Cor-Blimey Trousers', commissioned for the 2009 London Design Festival. Great Britain, 2009.
Physical description
Poster on white paper with black lettering reading 'Monday's West End Final...Cor-Blimey Trousers', made to look like an Evening Standard newspaper advertisement board.
Dimensions
  • Height: 91cm
  • Width: 64cm
Dimensions measured 01/02/2013
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
Designed by Andy Altman, Why Not Associates. One of a series of twenty limited edition designs commissioned for the 2009 London Design Festival. © Why Not Associates 2009. (Lettered in red on the white border, bottom left)
Credit line
Given by The London Design Festival
Production
One of a series of twenty limited edition designs commissioned for the 2009 London Design Festival
Subjects depicted
Summary
As part of the 2009 London Design Festival, Domenic Lippa at Pentagram worked with the Festival's Chairman, Sir John Sorrell in curating the London Poster Project. This exhibition was formed of twenty posters created by the UK's most renowned graphic designers. Each artist was asked to produce a poster that 'celebrates London as the creative capital of the world'. They were restricted to a palette of red and black and each silkscreened poster was produced in a limited edition of 100. The exhibition drew on the notion that the poster is one of the oldest and still one of the most powerful forms of graphic communication. The posters were displayed at the V&A during the London Design Festival in 2009.
Other number
5 - series number
Collection
Accession number
E.385-2011

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Record createdJuly 28, 2011
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