To coincide with he opening of POST NO BILLS, a new Venice Beach-based print shop, Brooklyn’s FAILE will mount a unique retrospective exhibition. The multimedia artist duo has deep roots in printmaking, and the craft itself serves as base for the bold graphics that have graced street corners and gallery walls worldwide. In addition to sharing rich archives, FAILE will also release several exclusive print editions produced on site at POST NO BILLS.

The exhibition opens on June 24 and runs through July 24, 2011.

POST NO BILLS
1103 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice Beach, CA 90291

Salon 94 is pleased to present For the Kids, an exhibition of sports lithographs from the archives of John and Tock Costacos. Opening on Thursday, June 23rd 2011 at Salon 94 Freemans and curated by Fabienne Stephan and Adam Shopkorn, the show serves as a mini-retrospective of early Costacos posters from 1986 through 1990. In addition to these works, pieces will be presented from Jeff Koons’s first solo exhibition, Equilibrium, the 1985 show that included basketballs floating in display tanks, cast bronze standard scuba diving tanks and framed advertising posters that appropriated imagery contained in Nike advertisements that preceded the earliest Costacos work.

The Costacos Brothers were originally a sports t-shirt manufacturer, but built a reputation for “fantasy” sports posters that presented athletes in a a larger-than-life setting. Their products captured the imagination of sports fans as athletes were becoming pop stars. Unable to produce game action shots due to lack of license, they made personality posters, marrying pop culture to an athlete and his persona.

Salon 94 Freemans, is located at 1 Freeman Alley, New York, NY 10002.

More Costacos posters are on view after the jump.

On his “1LuvJapan” poster designer Switzon S. Wigfall, III says, “There is only so much we can do as caring human beings when disaster strikes, so I chose to use my passion for design to give back and help support the cause to help get the people of Japan through this tough time. Please use these designs for whatever use to help support Japan: email them to each other, use as wallpaper, posts on websites or blogs. These designs are free to the public’s use.”

For those interested in an original, head to Digitul Power. All $15 of the cost go direct to earthquake aid.

View the posters after the jump.

This poster, sold in aid of the British Red Cross Tsunami Relief fund, was designed by Lucas Krull.

The design was made by wetting a sheet of thick paper and then adding one drop of red ink into the center. The ink spreads really fast, then slows down but keeps on spreading for some time. We thought that the water and the ink’s movement in it was a fitting metaphor.

The Poster is printed with set colour Pantone Black and Pantone Red 32 on Munken pure white 170 gsm fine art paper. The size is B2 (500mm x 707mm / 19.7″ x 27.8″). All posters are hand numbered and signed.

Available here.

More images after the leap.

Fun posters from Viktor Hertz lend quirky narrative to some of your favorite films.

Like them? Get them direct from Hertz.

Many more after the jump.

Welsh designer Yumalum recognizes the universal appeal of the Polaroid camera. The second in a series inspired by the camera, the Instant Rainbow Poster is an instant success. Nostalgia aside, the poster has great lines and colors. Available here.

More images follow.

The Bicycle Film Festival hits Miami March 17-20. La Noche Miami Criterium Race will run opening night. The event, presented by BFF and brought to you by A Late Night Snack, will consist of two races. One geared and one fixed. These unsanctioned races will be held at night in the dark and empty streets of Miami’s Wynwood Arts District.

The poster is tremendous. Check it in full after the jump.

More than a poster, STUDIO B.I.B’s latest release is an homage to the black marker. Over the past decade Allister Lee, the man behind STUDIO B.I.B, has traveled the world collecting black markers – slowly but surely pushing toward a dream of landing in the Guinness book of world records.

Now at 500 markers, Lee memorializes the collection in a limited run of posters picturing each and everyone. “From vintage glass-barrel Magic Markers, famed Mini-Wides, metal-jacket Sakuras, and contemporary Sharpies, the collection as depicted in the illustrated poster, shows a historical and international spectrum of black marker design,” making the release perfect for everyone from graffiti nerd to material culture connoisseur.

To commemorate the release, we spoke with Allister about his collection. Lee’s work with Nike, Stussy, and Supreme may have vaulted his name, but its with black markers that he is inking his legacy.

Interview by Peter Williams for Curated.

The full poster, and Lee’s thoughts on markers, after the leap.

New York’s Andrea Meislin Gallery shared four works from Alina & Jeff Blumis’ Global Reach: Immigration as New Tourism series at Pulse NYC. The full scope of the series is on view at the gallery through April 16, 2011. The work marries a vintage aesthetic with quirky word play drawn direct from the internet age.

Andrea Meislin Gallery
526 W. 26th St, #214
NYC, NY

View the other three pieces from Global Reach as shown at Pulse NYC, photography by Jacob Breinholt for Curated, after the jump.

WeJetset reports on the suburb Saul Bass exhibition now on view at Kemistry Gallery in London, Bass Notes. The legendary Hollywood creative assisted in formulating favored film titles and creating some of the most remarkable posters the industry has ever scene. Bass was born in New York City, arriving in LA in the 1950s and setting up his design studio there.

The exhibition runs through March 17, 2011.

Kemistry Gallery
43 Charlotte Road,
Shoreditch London EC2A 3PD

A selection of images follows.