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DESIGNER:

Elliott Mattice

VENUE:

Wetlands Preserve

New York City

USA

SUBMITTED BY:

Elliott Mattice

2002-01-14 22:05:18

BANDS:

Bob Weir

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tikimunster :

the lettering isn't used much these days because you have to actually take time and design each letter to work with the next and fit with the entire word or sentence. There is not a computer font to replace pencil on layout paper. it's nothing new but never meant it to be, just a nod to the past poster masters.

2005-01-26 04:41:45

Nolen Strals :

BJB...you should really pick up the Taschen book on Mucha...it's the most thorough book I've seen and it's fairly cheap. You'll find in there a lot of other things the psych artists 'borrowed'.

2002-01-17 05:13:51

vibranium :

i'm trying to figure out the history of this site. one thing i think is very cool is latest two POTW got more comments then all of the ones before it PUT TOGETHER. Am i right, long-time-posters? Or are the comments erased over time? if so, isn't that a nice sign? i mean di-a-log. it's kewl.

2002-01-16 18:39:13

JGex :

BJB, I am amazed.... I thought you knew! Alphonse Mucha is one of my idols. I need to send you some links.... :o)

2002-01-16 17:36:15

BlueJellyBean :

So I go in search of Alfonso Much at Nolen's prompt..comes across the cigarette poster..JOB Woman..Seen that image before on a Family Dog poster I believe..sure enough FD29 Jim Kweskin Jug Band..Great to see where Mouse and Kelley got inspiration from..thanks Nolen...

2002-01-16 17:06:49

Speed :

agreed

2002-01-16 14:54:01

BlueJellyBean :

That's the nail banged on the head alright..emulate..no getting away from it..people like me will always see Rick Griffin first in a poster using this style..and that association to those pioneer days means few bands today could get away with its use to promote them..Ratdog and Lesh & Friends notwithstanding!!

2002-01-16 14:53:49

Nolen Strals :

well jellybean as I'm renowned for saying again and again on here...if you're gonna emulate an artist who did it by hand...you better do it by hand or it's just not right.

2002-01-16 14:32:46

BlueJellyBean :

Thanks for the turn on to Mucha, Nolan..will definitely check it out..Bob Masse has a real groove I reckon..so it will be interesting to see. On reflection, you're right about the font thing in my mind's eye..if by organic you mean that letter style has a quality like no other.. as individual as a human fingerprint.. I would agree and to attempt to replicate on a computer would seem perhaps artificial..yeah, that's the right word..Would be interested to hear more thoughts by purist designers about its place in the modern poster though..

2002-01-16 14:26:52

gooch :

Love the old Griffin, Mouse, etc. stuff. I remember finding The Art of Rock in NYC for dirt cheap and pouring over the pages. I can't imagine trying to replicate this look digitally.

2002-01-16 12:25:46

Nolen Strals :

THere is a font based on Griffin's lettering, though that just seems like a bad idea...to fake something so organic. And if you like Masse make sure you see where he got a lot of his ideas... Alphonse Mucha, who also had an influence on a lot of other psychedelic artists and their lettering.

2002-01-16 12:09:53

BlueJellyBean :

Through my crystal ball I'm also seeing Randy Tuten..most apt, I believe..Goodnight Wetlands...

2002-01-16 11:51:48

BlueJellyBean :

That lettering must have turned many folks onto poster art in its time..including me..doesn't seem to get used too much nowadays..is that because it so represents another time..and no-one wants to be associated with it? or because promoters would blow a casket today if you couldn't read the print..Must admit..I miss that style..has someone today greated a typeface called Griffin? If not, why not? Lots of influences appear in this it seems..Bob Masse for starters in the middle...

2002-01-16 11:46:43

tikimunster :

It was printed offset for a 2000 piece run, the irony is the peace sign as central image and the show ended up cancelled due to the 911 terrorist acts.it is 11X17"

2002-01-16 01:12:55

moxiegusto :

Definitely a Rick Griffin tribute. The style is so sixties SF, as is the band. What was the size and printing method?

2002-01-15 14:26:27

Speed :

Original? no. Appropriate for the closing of the wetlands? Completely. Too bad, I played there once, a hippie oasis in New York, and I'm still a sucker for that fillmore style 3-d lettering, anyone else?

2002-01-15 00:01:07