The 1960s

I was given the 1960s to research over the self directed study week with the final outcome being to A3 sheets to make a short presentation on. I decided to research posters from the 1960s as I am interested in this type of work. I thought the best place to start was the library, so i went and managed to find a couple of annuals of 1960s posters. From looking through the annuals i found that most of the posters from the 60s where made up of block colours and the figures tended to all be done in a similar style. Next i decided to look at some of the most famous posters from the 60s which included the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games poster, the Beatles series by Robert Avedon, and quite a few film poster such as the first bond film Dr No.



Films from the 60s used poster as there main advertising method, many films had a series of posters created to promote it.



I also looked at the 60s part of the psychedelic movement and artists such as Wes Wilson who created some of the most interesting posters of the 60s. The "Blowin in the mind" Bob Dylan poster by Martin Sharp is one of my personal favourites.