We are super stoked to see a sketch EMEK did for our poster make it into the book Typography Sketchbooks by Steven Heller and Talarico Lita. From the books description: Typography is an obsession for most designers. It’s at the heart of all visual communication and is one of the purest forms of design, one that can always be improved and refined. Typography Sketchbooks gets into the minds of designers who create typefaces, word images and logos through their private sketchbooks. The result of these wide-ranging typographic musings provide fascinating insights into the expressive quality of letters and words. Aimed at all those who use type, whether by hand or on-screen, this pleasing compendium stresses the importance of good typography at a time when reading habits are changing and celebrates a craft that has endured for centuries.
The TRPS 10th Anniversary Festival of Rock Posters poster EMEK designed for us is pictured below. The glow in the dark silkscreen embossed poster is sold out, but you can get this art on a high quality T-Shirt if you become a TRPS member. Makes for a great Holiday gift!
The poster is also in Emek’s book EMEK: The Thinking Man’s Poster Artist: Collected Works of Aaarght! If you purchase the book from his website, it will come with a Signed & Doodled Foil Handbill!
Saturday October 8th in San Francisco
Our annual Fall Classic, the TRPS Festival of Rock Posters is set to go for Saturday October 8th, 2011 at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in the beautiful city of San Francisco.
Featuring rock poster artists and dealers from around the country, this is the biggest rock poster event of its kind anywhere! Those of you who have attended this show in the past know that this is the one not to miss. We bring in the best of the best, and you’ll find everything from vintage psychedelic treasures to the best of the modern silkscreen movement. This year’s version promises to offer another stellar lineup!
The Hall of Flowers (Old County Fair Building) is at the corner of Ninth and Lincoln on the South edge of the Park, not far from the Haight, the DeYoung Museum, and the Academy of Sciences. There are plenty of great restaurants close by, too. Heck, make it a weekend and bring the family to enjoy the great weather, an awesome poster event, and everything else San Francisco has to offer!
The TRPS Festival of Rock Posters runs from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. Admission is $10 for the public, and $5 for TRPS members with card. Yes, you can join up (or renew) there and take advantage of the member discount.
Artists & Vendors Lineup
- Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co. — Chuck Sperry & Ron Donovan (Double space)
- Wes Wilson
- Emek
- Lee Conklin
- Chris Shaw
- Alexandra Fischer
- Paul Imagine
- Reg Williams (Straight Theater)
- Bill Ham
- Paul Getchell
- Perry Pfeffer
- Marq Spusta
- John Seabury
- Billy Perkins
- David Singer
- Randy Tuten
- Sean Carroll
- ClassicPosters.com
- Tea Lautrec Litho
- Sean Carroll
- Eric King
- Dennis Loren
- Carolyn Ferris
- Stacie Willoughby
- Dan Katra
- Ryan Kerrigan
- Cliff Yamasaki
- Kris Mikkelson
- Sherwood Donahue
- Sal Dichiera
- Vince Dugar
- Larry Freeman
- Stanley Mouse
- Dave Hunter
- Gregg Gordon
- Summer Makovkin
- John Frankel
- Tom Hill
- Pat Ryan
- Josh Hunter
- Alan Hynes
- S.F. Rockposters
- John Mavroudis
- Derek Johnson
- & Tripp
See you in San Francisco!
Directions
(note: Hall of Flowers has been renamed the SF County Fair Building. If you use Google Maps, the Hall of Flowers is not listed, use SF County Fair Building instead. Sorry for any confusion)
