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D. & A.D. 21st

Poster
early 1983 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the 21st Anniversary of the Design & Art Directors Association and their Awards Dinner at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 June 1983. The design shows a stylised depiction of a man wearing a blue suit holding a wide glass in his left hand and flexing his right arm, against a bright yellow ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleD. & A.D. 21st
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'D. & A.D. 21st'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the 21st Anniversary of the Design & Art Directors Association and their Awards Dinner at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 June 1983. The image of the design is derived from Adolphe Mouron Cassandre's advertisement for Dubonnet. Designed by Alan Fletcher for Pentagram Design Ltd., Great Britain, 1983.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the 21st Anniversary of the Design & Art Directors Association and their Awards Dinner at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 June 1983. The design shows a stylised depiction of a man wearing a blue suit holding a wide glass in his left hand and flexing his right arm, against a bright yellow ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 84cm
  • Width: 59.7cm
Measurements taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Object history
The design was by Alan Fletcher, and the image of the poster derived from Adolphe Mouron Cassandre's advertisement for Dubonnet.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
30/C11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.1353-1986

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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