Looking Back
The very precise and clear nature of this poster makes it easy to sense the message right from the very first glance. The first thing that came to mind after seeing this was "moving forward looking back".
This is one on my favourite Tom Eckersley posters, It was designed to promote an alumni exhibition in the London college of printing. Eckersley does this well using a young looking male figure who looks rather futuristic in his attire and weird but fancy hair cut similar to some characters in star trek . Eckersley is trying to depict London college of Printing's alumni s as young, futuristic and intelligent individuals, who are going places in by showing them in such an interesting way.
I find the characters handle bar mustache with a nicely shaped goatee particularly interesting. It brings a dimension of cool to the poster using such funny but sophisticated facial hair. Perhaps men with interesting well groomed facial hair were more successful at the time and his unique facial hair was a symbol of success similar to the Cornell Kentucky of KFC.
It also has the text looking back in a rather large font, this is a clever tool to immediately draws attention to anyone looking at the poster. This poster shows that no matter how far you go you can never forget how you got there.
This is one on my favourite Tom Eckersley posters, It was designed to promote an alumni exhibition in the London college of printing. Eckersley does this well using a young looking male figure who looks rather futuristic in his attire and weird but fancy hair cut similar to some characters in star trek . Eckersley is trying to depict London college of Printing's alumni s as young, futuristic and intelligent individuals, who are going places in by showing them in such an interesting way.
I find the characters handle bar mustache with a nicely shaped goatee particularly interesting. It brings a dimension of cool to the poster using such funny but sophisticated facial hair. Perhaps men with interesting well groomed facial hair were more successful at the time and his unique facial hair was a symbol of success similar to the Cornell Kentucky of KFC.
It also has the text looking back in a rather large font, this is a clever tool to immediately draws attention to anyone looking at the poster. This poster shows that no matter how far you go you can never forget how you got there.