Philadelphia founded, nationally distributed, design collective, The Heads of State, have created a new poster series “From Sea to Shining Sea.” The collection of posters follows traditional travel advertising, highlighting key visuals from the nation’s major cities (there’s Chicago, D.C., New York, Miami, etc.). Jason Kernvich and Dusty Summers are both graduates of the Tyler School of Art, and have helped to revive poster making through work with local Philadelphia music artists. Today, Kernvich works from Brooklyn, while Summers is based in Seattle. Together they have been recipients of some handsome rewards.

The graphic quality of these posters is indicative of their work, and more simply just all around lovely.

More detailed looks at “From Sea to Shining Sea” follow. (via Hypebeast).

Though these types of prints (showing iconic design/chairs) are rather common, the aesthetic pull always remains. James Provost’s version illustrates the great creations of Eames and Mies simply and with great reverence for each individual designs silhouette. Available in a few sizes – from petite to massive – from Imagekind. (I love the naming of the sizes).

Detail above, poster in full after the jump. (via Retro to Go).

With the Less is More exhibition on view at the Design Museum and the new book from Gestalten, there’s certainly no shortage of Rams about these days. The exhibition has some quality product as ancillary, including the 10 Principles Poster. Stemming from Rams self-criticism in the early 1980s, the principles cover the designer’s rules for good design.

Here the content outweighs the aesthetic, for while the poster doesn’t have an extremely powerful visual pull, the ideas are unquestionably worth review. Produced by Vitsue and Bibliotheque for the Design Museum Shop. A detail of the poster is shown above, head to the jump to view it in full. (via Retro to Go).

Harley-Davidson’s “Art of Rebellion” rolls into NYC on Saturday October 17, 2009. Ten artists were hand picked by the bike maker to display their rock poster artwork. Additionally, each artist has hand painted a Harley Iron 883TM gas tank. The intended result of the “Art of Rebellion” is to offer emerging artists an outlet to showcase their work and interact with other artists.

The show takes place at LA Space in Chelsea. Artist list, images and some related video after the jump.

Type titans House Industries have released a new set of posters featuring are range of excellent graphic. Highlights include the logo for “The Hand Press,” and “nibs” modeled from the tips of vintage speedball pens. Lots more as well. Be sure to check it all out at House Industries.

A few favorites after the jump.

On October 2, 2009, Paris’ 12 Mail Gallery will open a new exhibition curated by French tattoo magazine Sang Bleu. In just 5 issues the magazine has established itself as a venue for cutting edge, glamor based coverage of tattooing. Contributors to this point include Kris Von Assche and Ellen Von Unwerth. The exhibition will present a series of posters indicative of the Sang Bleu look and feel.

The editors are also responsible for selecting music on an exclusive CD that comes with the limited 200 invitations designed by Laurent Fetis.

Many more images follow.

A series of clever football posters have been created by Delaney Lund Knox Warren to announce mirrorfootball.co.uk. The website serves as portal to the British papers extensive football archives. Selected images from the collection have been utilized in the campaign, which spans 10 teams and 42 posters. These are put up near representative stadiums to remind fans headed to the terraces of the new site. Lovely stuff. (via Creative Review).

More footie posters after the jump.

Seb Lester is a type designer by trade. Recently he’s stepped away from that role to produce a series of playful posters and prints. These will make up his first solo exhibition, taking place at Newcastle’s Electrik Sheep Gallery. The show opens this week and runs to August 29, 2009.

Electrik Sheep Gallery, 22 Pink Lane, Newcastle.

A few favorites from Creative Review’s preview of Lester’s posters after the jump.

Samuel Borkston and Arturo Sandoval III founded Friends With You in 2002. Their idea was to spread magic, luck, and friendship around the world through visual, installation, and performance art. Friends With You’s recent output is available in poster form through Kid Robot. The images feature new and old characters, and are full of fun. (via Kitsune Noir).

View more of the posters from Friends With You after the jump.

During the Cold War, the Polish Poster School garnered international attention and admiration. Though state controlled, the designs still carried commentary on the artists political surroundings. Polish Posters highlights these works in a new exhibition drawing from MOMA’s collection. The striking look and graphic appeal of the Polish Poster School is well articulated throughout.

On view until November 30, 2009.