For example, a poster advertising a 24-hour sale could be laid out with text elements in a clock shape, with hour and minute hands pointing at the most important information.

For his book, More Art than Advertisement: GDR Movie Posters 1945-1990, graphic designer Detlef Helmbold has collected more than 6,000 movie posters. They show that poster art was highly esteemed ...

For this 1925 ad for the French newspaper L’Intransigeant, A.M. Cassandre created a bold design, silhouetting the face of a newsboy shouting headlines. William W. Crouse and Poster House ...