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I have really enjoyed reading both the typography book and graphic style. I think it's really inetersting seeing how design has progressed over the centuries and how much social structures, social issues, etc...informs design. I thought reading about the art nouveau style in germany --jugend (youth) was espcially interesting. it showed how design changed due in part to what was going on in the country. i also learned from reading the books that i like russian design a lot and that my design style/taste is certainly of a simple/bold/ bauhausian persausion.

list of top typography fonts is out by the way:

also. i know i wasn't at meredith with anyone, but i can tell you right now i could not work at meredith and be happy. no offense to anyone--it's just that this home and garden stuff is really not all that interesting to me. especially when it's repeated 5 million times over with no unique design style whatsoever.

and: i was hoping for people's thoughts on this: for band posters, or any poster really, but i guess is see a lot of this with music-related propoganda, are you guys fine with the art on the poster having nothing to do with the band--having nothing content-driven about it. does the interest of the image work well enough for you? or do you like it better when it's a clever play on words or something in reference to or about the band? here is an example of a non-content driven poster. granted, i don't think this is particularly well done anyway--but you get the idea. just wondering your opinons.