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Posters. In Amsterdam

Graphic Design, Illustration

Posted by Mark Sinclair, 26 May 2011, 15:20    Permalink    Comments (6)

Thanks to our current Twitter guest editors, Mat Dolphin, we've just been enjoying some of the work documented at postersinamsterdam.com...

Jarr Geerligs is behind the project, essentially a repository for images of posters taken on the streets of Amsterdam. And what a fine selection it is. According to the accompanying Flickr page, where all the pictures are displayed at larger size, Geerligs has been documenting the city's streets pretty much everyday since 2002.

Visitors to the site can search by a range of categories – "faceless people", "masked people", for example – and there's even a gallery dedicated to the "non-poster":

See postersinamsterdam.com for the highlights from the collection.

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6 Comments

Hmmm
Someones channeling the look-at-life-sideways spirit of dear old Alan Fletcher.

It's like creative catnip...I'm going back for more.

Prrrrrrrr
Curator
2011-05-26 16:11:32


Amsterdam has always had a soft spot for me... Great city with great designers.
Sam
2011-05-26 17:04:17


Visited Amsterdam recently and did really love the posters in the street.
think there's a typo in his name above - says Jarr Geerligs on the site?
Alexa
2011-05-26 17:20:43


@Alexa
Thanks for spotting that, I've amended Jarr's name above.
CR Mark Sinclair
2011-05-26 19:50:08


Nice website.
sergemurri@gmail.com
2011-05-27 16:51:22


Great colours. I love the variety in styles.
Justin Lamb
2011-05-29 08:41:35


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