Vintage travel posters celebrate world’s lost wildlife

You can still visit Costa Rica, but you’ll never find a golden toad there. At least not any more. That’s because the species no longer exists. When thinking about your next vacation, it’s standard practice to flick through a guidebook or travel website to find out more…
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Daniel Swanick
October 20, 2016
MarketingTravel

The truth about the funny little lies designers tell their clients

Clients, while a necessary evil, are part of a designer’s life. Sure, they make up excuses to try to get cheaper work. And yes, they often make ridiculous demands. But designers don’t always tell their clients the truth either.
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Daniel Swanick
July 3, 2015
Graphic DesignWork & Productivity

Clever posters to learn fun facts about your body

Who doesn’t love the cool information featuring weird did you know fun facts about the human body? For instance, the human eye is so sensitive that if the Earth were flat, you could spot a candle flickering at night from up to 30 miles away.
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Daniel Swanick
February 19, 2015
AdvertisingGraphic DesignHealth

Sarcastic poster series shows the reality of being a photographer

Few careers are romanticized like that of a photographer; traveling the world, engaging with people, places and things. But is the reality all that attractive?
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Daniel Swanick
February 5, 2015
HumourPhotographyTypography

Humorous versions of 2015’s Oscar-nominated movie posters

For many the awards season is the time to glue yourself to the television with a bowl of popcorn and hope that your favourite movie gets nominated. Some years you’ll see well known movies, other times they’re niche documentaries with German subtitles.
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Daniel Swanick
January 23, 2015
HumourMarketing

Witty uninspiring posters about life’s lows

For most of us, that uninspiring or depressed feeling comes and goes. But when sadness persists it affects your ability to function at work, at home, or in other aspects of your life. So if you’re currently in a funk, you might want to avoid…
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Daniel Swanick
September 12, 2014
HumourIllustrationTypography

Hilarious images poke fun at hipster motivational posters

If you’re regularly on social media, you certainly get a good dose of the usual hipster motivational posters posted on Facebook, Tumblr or Instagram. The pattern used to create these trivial posters is always the same: a heavy processed or filtered photo, with a motivational sentence placed somewhere…
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Daniel Swanick
June 12, 2014
HumourLifestyleSocial Media

Ridiculous demands made by advertising clients

Clients often come up with ridiculous demands, but none more than to those in advertising and marketing.
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Daniel Swanick
May 9, 2014
HumourWork & Productivity
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