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Putting the grim in Grimsby

Mark 11/07/07, 16:45

Grimsbsy
How Not to Entice Prospective Students lesson #1

By a lovely quirk of type-size and perspective, this recruitment poster for Grimsby College remarkably achieves the complete opposite of what it originally set out to do. Perhaps the previous year group were particularly obnoxious? Nevertheless, it’s always a risky word to use when there’s a possibility that there might be something in the way of your poster.

Comments(4 comments)

Ha, I seem to remember seeing this years ago! If you think that’s bad, you should see the new (well, at least 3 years old now) Grimsby College logo: http://www.grimsby.ac.uk

Lovely stuff.

Posted by Rich Lyons on 11/07/07, 11:39 pm

I love the sign in Stockport train station.

“Stockport, home of Stockport College”

REALLY?! I was expecting it to be in Bolton..!

Posted by Rob Mortimer on 12/07/07, 3:11 pm

Where do I sign up?

Posted by Carlton Hibbert on 13/07/07, 10:57 am

This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title o.us poetry. Thanks for informative article

Posted by Jakob on 21/07/07, 11:16 am

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