PAM BRISTOW » Art Direction

Lines of Thinking: Drawings by Lis Timpone

Pam Bristow — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:38:37 +0000

Found my favorite new art director in Lis Timpone. Love love love these line drawings of hers…

Yo Amo: Cuban Poster Art of the 60’s and 70’s

Pam Bristow — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:05:27 +0000

Another ode to my mixed up DNA (my dad’s side hails from the fair Cuban isle)…

I just used a bunch of these vintage Cuban film and and political posters while designing the interior of The Blue Parrot restaurant in East Hampton this spring. I think I will be papering a wall of my living room with these. A great collection and accompanying history can be found here.

Apparently there is this great project called Ghost Posters which is a collection of 25 silkscreened movie posters for Cuban movies that were never made, either because the manuscripts for the films were censored or funding fell through. Each poster is made by a different Cuban graphic artist, and there are some really amazing pieces. It’s a great concept, and the posters are allegedly on tour and recently shown at Rutgers Univeristy. The project has a website, but it doesn’t list any future venues.

Images courtesy of Cuban Posters and Ghost Posters

Flag Me Down

Pam Bristow — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:57:33 +0000

This Summer’s Olympics gave way to another contest in my brain. Who had the most amazing flag? And why do the most obscure countries have the best art direction?

Above, my pick, the flag of the Seychelles.

Honorable mentions below.

Marshall Islands

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Macedonia

St. Lucia

Bonaire

Antigua

Eritrea