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Punk flyers meet Swiss modernist design

David Pescovitz at 8:56 am Thu, Jan 26, 2012

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As an ongoing design exercise, Mike Joyce combines Swiss modernism and punk/indie rock into new flyers for past concerts. Swissted (Thanks, Koshi!)

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sdmikev

they’re sort of like fake criterion’s.
hey, what a great idea! damn – http://fakecriterions.tumblr.com/
http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair

Punk flyers meet Helvetica (again)
http://www.jimdraws.com Thorzdad

Weezer? TMBG? Punk????
http://www.matthewpetty.com/ Matthew Petty

How about the reverse? Cool jazz album covers or posters for modernist furniture exhibitions done in the style of badly-drawn and photocopied punk flyers?
daemonsquire

Glad to see Mike Joyce getting a hand back in the rock game, so long after The Smiths‘ demise
fritz from london

Gimmicky
sievetronix

kinda misses the point, doncha think?