Luis Gispert, Brooklyn-based photographer and film maker, has worked with O.H.W.O.W on a special double sided poster. His work – entitled “My Favorite American Series” – hinges on a belief in the fragmented nature of the American experience. That notion is clear in the poster, “luxury” urban life juxtaposed against nature on one side. It’s a stylized vision, to be sure, but one with enough depth to act as a “conversation piece.”

Each poster is unsigned and numbered out of 50.

View the reverse after the jump.

I was able to sneak through New Haven over the holiday weekend and walk through the newly opened Art For All: British Posters for Transport at Yale University’s British Art Center. A fantastic assemblage of posters, the exhibition (and associated catalog) chronicle the development of transport posters in the 20th-century. After the establishment of the London Underground’s publicity program in 1908, posters became an integral method of fostering metropolitan pride in the city and promoting the benefits of public transport. Four regional rail lines followed suit in 1923, their poster’s pushing the heritage and tradition of key British locales.

Art for All covers the promotional posters and casts an eye on the key designers and printing techniques evident in the campaigns.

The exhibition is on view through August 15, 2010. The catalog available direct from YUP.

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.