Tired. The only thing I think I hate seeing more are those 'be calm and keep on" posters.

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I vote trendy! Not so much for kids, but as an adult I appreciate a non-busy/commercial alternative that still gets the message across.

I must agree with @FelttipJr though...I am so sick of those "Keep Calm & Carry On" (as well as any and all alternative) posters.

make that non-busy/NON-commercial alternative ;)

As a parent, i'm constantly on the look-out for new and creative ways to stimulate imagination and brain development in my young children. There is just nothing about this trend that seems child appropriate to me.

Tired. Lets let kids choose their own art, even (or especially) if it makes me cringe a bit. I don't know many kids who would choose these prints, even if some parents prefer them.

I rather like these BECAUSE they're so minimal and understated. Why does everything geared towards kids have to always be so obnoxiously flashy?

Although I must say that I can't stand the trend of posters (or tea towels, or prints...) with trite sayings on them ("You're the cream in my coffee," "All I want to do is eat cupcakes with you," etc. Please! No more!)

Being that minimalist is almost always lacking in stimulation, I don't think it's always appropriate for kids. Sure, some of it looks cool (Spidey!), but as an artist with artist parents I honed my craft primarily through watching them create and pretty much copying until I developed my own style. Little kids especially need shapes, forms, colors, ect.

My boyfriend and I have a bunch of the Xmen characters done by Marko Manev. I don't think they are meant for children. Maybe we're just big kids!

I also don't think the minimal art is meant for kids. Kids aren't the people designing all these apartments with WHITE EVERYTHING. I think these are a nice homage to childhood favorites that fits with some people's minimalistic home design.

Personally I think minimalist posters are things that adults like and they are not very kid friendly at all. Who are you decorating for?

I love reading these comments, pretty funny! Like most trends, what once looked fresh and new has grown a little tired. I'll always appreciate clean smart design and I enjoy looking at the minimal movie posters. I agree it's just been over done in kids' rooms. As a mural painter, mostly of nursery & play rooms, I haven't met any kids as drawn to the ultra minimal design that appeal to so many adults. I understand why parents seek out alternatives to the mass marketed, mostly ugly art offered, but there's definitely a place to meet in the middle where parents and children can both be happy.

@shanarang I'm so jealous! I love those posters but haven't got wallspace, I fear. He did some awesome Avengers ones, too.

These really don't strike me as posters for kids. More as posters for nerdy adults who are trying to enjoy the things they love without making their homes look like dorm rooms.

Each to their own really. I quite like them and their simplicity, and in the right room they could look fabulous mixed in with other non-minamalist artpieces. But like all art, its not for everyone.

I only appreciate the spiderman poster, the star wars one is more adult, the others blow.

These are great for adults who love the nostalgia (or just love Spiderman etc.), but as a kid I would have thought these were boring and crappy. This seems like the kind of a thing someone buys for a nursery to try and make their kid's stuff stylish, but then as soon as their kid starts becoming a real person with their own little opinions, gets thrown out in favor of regular old Pokemon and Lisa Frank (or whatever the modern equivalent of Lisa Frank is) posters. If you had tried trading my pink and purple orca posters, cork board panted with bright blue pant drops and hand prints, and Hang In There kitten for minimalist designs when I was a kid, I'd have thought you were a crazy asshole.

Maybe some kids like this and I mean, really, kids are gonna like what they're gonna like so whether this is "tired" or not is irrelevant, but yeah. I still stand by kitten posters purchased at school bookfairs, etc.

Wow, managed to write "pant" instead of "paint" twice in a row. Go me.

Trendy today = tired tomorrow. I think it all started with Baby Gap--turning kids into mini adults, little hipsters when they are just...KIDS. Everything child-oriented has gotten so self-conscious to the point that the fun has been taken out of it. There is a reason kids respond to stimulating art, mobiles, etc. It helps with their brain development. Not everything in our lives has to be fashionable or "cool."

Simply put~ Kids are not minimalists.

I may not be a kid, but I love those Star Wars prints.

Not tired, but definitely pretentious. I doubt there's one child in a thousand who'd genuinely prefer one of these over a bright, colourful, detailed poster.

And adults should be buying real art, not these winking gestures at their old dorm room decor.

Boring and overdone. I agree with Chartreuse.

I love it for adults who are kids at heart, if that's the type of art that appeals.

I guess my bottom line is that if child wants a poster like this in his or her bedroom and is old enough to choose, well, then, fine. But while I wouldn't go criticizing any parent who lovingly selects something similar to hang in their baby's nursery (any art, especially a nod to Star Wars or the Muppets, has to be enjoyed), I would want something different for my own kids' environments. Aren't we lucky to have options?

"These really don't strike me as posters for kids. More as posters for nerdy adults who are trying to enjoy the things they love without making their homes look like dorm rooms."

That. Or perhaps I should say, me.

:)

Kids create beautiful art from very early on, and they are very proud of it, and so happy to see it displayed in the home. Just put it up with washi tape, or frame the masterpieces.
And let kids choose their own posters.

I should add that often small kids' art is actually really minimalist, like a splotch of bright yellow water color and nothing else ;)

I have three young boys (8 1/2, 5, and 3). We made knock off versions of several of the minimalist superhero posters as decorations for my son's 5th birthday. They were made of cheap supplies from the craft store and took about an hour. They were meant to just be decorations for the party. Well, my boys loved them so much they asked that they be put in their room. Their choice.

My kids art work is on their walls. And our living room walls. Framed. I don't think these are meant for kids. If given the choice between Tinkerbell, Buzz Lightyear or Bread and PJ for their walls, guess what would win?

Very, very tired. They are a very cold graphic form.