A plea or a gripe-depends where you are
Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 11:50 amNorma26 posts in thread
A plea or a gripe-depends where you are
Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 11:50 amThis is a plea which may well sound inconsequential or not worth bothering about and may well bring down the wrath of God on my head but..........
To everyone who designs/makes-up/is responsible for Posters
Please. Please PLEASE include the year of production in your designs.
Now this may sound obvious/trite/not worth bothering about BUT I do assure you that in time to come when some poor soul is trying to make sense of the archives (which are usually in a mess when some brave person decides to get them in some kind of order) it saves much frustration and hair-pulling out.
And this is where I get myself into more trouble- the design is not as important as the basic information-WHAT-WHERE-WHEN-HOW MUCH-WHERE DO I GET TICKETS
OK off my soap-box
Bill Posters is innocent
Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 10:12 amMaybe I'm jusy in an 'oversensitive mood'!! but here is where I disagree with Poster Designer - and Craig.
'"A poster's primary function is to have a short prominent life, prior to a particular event." no it isn't, at least not with us!
Sure that is its prime and obvious function but as outlined by several other people as well as myself, it serves to remind people of dates and is of tremendous assistance in later years. Try sorting out 40 years from a bundle of posters and almost nothing else except people's memories- not always accurate.
I didn't think I'd stir up such a response, but it's been interesting.
I will now gracefully retire from the subject and promise never to mention it on air again
(That'll be the day do I hear a voice or two??)
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