Games & Poster Design

Abram Games

Abram games was self taught, uses pictorial images and type. He was a Jewish British and very much anti-nazi. Through his interest in technology his work uses airbrushing techniques, with photographic style images. His work draws on surrealism and constructivism.

'Maximum meaning, minimum means'.

Golden Age of poster Design:

Paris Affichistes - in uk and paris

Urban development and advertising culture

Tastes culture - art deco

Typo-foto

Henley

Photo+film - modern and media specific

'I believe it is fundamentally wrong to imitate the intrinsic qualities of one medium in another' - FHK Hernion 1944.

George grosz - inventor of photomontage