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This is the web design for Darren Hanlon, the man behind 'happiness is a chemical' and 'punks not dead'. Pictured is the main menu, with various images used for links. as you mouse over these, it will tell you where the button leads. The design is a collage of various styles; it uses a romanticism landscape, Art Neaveau borders, and photo cut outs reminiscent of Dada. The typography is sans serif, with some hand drawn text. it is a good quality design that creates interest and encourages the viewer to explore the site. it is a very fun and creative design, and echoes the dagginess of the music it promotes.

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This poster is by Eduardo Recife, for Upper Playground clothes. It is done in Dada style, using photo montage for the main image. It also has the iconic slanted axis of Bauhaus designs. There is a lot of negative space, bringing focus to the main image and text. The image overlaps the text and is covered in random floral images. it is very nonsensical and playful, bringing interest to the product and.. well.. it certainly caught my attention.


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do excuse the bad picture, and the fact that i was taking photos of fricken smooch shop. i'm not a fan of smooch shop but i do like this shirt hanging in the window. not sure if this counts as graphic design but i doubt someone took out a fricken lino cut or something equally time consuming to do this. i rather like the composition, how she's been cut off at the whomever she may be. the black and white monochromatic image is a bit striking and makes a statement. i don't know what it would be saying though.. maybe "where's my torso? arg!!"

it's pretty much pop art style.. or somehting similar.. and has a real upbeat feel to it. i is definitley good quality. just a photographic pic.
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tame that impala

This album art for Tame Impala is really interesting and eye catching. It is a very simple design but works well, and communicates the sound of the band successfully. It is done in 1960s psychadelic style, which is basically how the music sounds. The bands' film clips are similar to this too. the design is very symmetrical and the lines lead your eyes towards the band name at the top. It is done with a tetrad colour scheme, and the black and white stand out the most. It is very balanced and there is a lot of untiy, the only thing that breaks this would be the standard font type. Very fun design and worth a listen too.