May 18, 2025
Tag: the three counts
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Poster Postcards Part VIII
I Tre Conti
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One of the most fascinating features of posters is how they communicate a great deal of information in very few words. The featured card for this episode of In A Few Words is to be a true test of this principle of communications. The card has only three words on it, repeated in translation to six because…
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November 1, 2022 5 Comments
Before “social media” the poster and a well-informed artist had proven to be the most efficient way to communicate important information to the public. Since the Roman Forum, nothing worked better. When the Office of War Information felt that military secrets needed to be kept secret, they turn to using posters. The House of Seagram helped.