The London Poster Project
Poster
2009 (made)
2009 (made)
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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.
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| Materials and techniques | Printed poster |
| Brief description | Poster by Alan Kitching at the Typography Workshop, depicting the word 'TAXI!', commissioned for the 2009 London Design Festival. Great Britain, 2009. |
| Physical description | Poster in red and black on white, depicting the word 'taxi' in bold letters, surrounded by lots of different numbers. Signed by the artist and lettered with designer's name, date and commissioning details. Stamped with the London Design Festival logo. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Marks and inscriptions | Designed by Alan Kitching, The Typography Workshop. One of a series of twenty limited edition designs commissioned for the 2009 London Design Festival. © The Typography Workshop 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 |
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| 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 | 17 - series number |
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| Accession number | E.397-2011 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2013 |
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