This is one of those books that offers compelling stories and stunning images. We are thrilled to be giving away a copy of Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop, courtesy of Chronicle Books. Here's a description from the Chronicle website:
"Country musicians and magicians, professional wrestlers and rock stars, all have turned to Nashville's historic Hatch Show Print to create showstopping posters. Established in 1879, Hatch preserves the art of traditional printing that has earned a loyal following to this day (including the likes of Beck, Emmylou Harris, and the Beastie Boys)."
The book provides an illustrated tour of the print shop and documents the lives of the people who have come through Hatch Show Print — from employees to entertainers. And this might be the coolest part of it all: Unfold the book jacket and you've got yourself an original poster.
So how do you win this copy of Hatch Show Print? Just leave a comment below telling us about your favorite poster of all-time. We'll run this post for 24 48 hours, and then choose our favorite comment. The recipient will be announced on Monday. (We'll follow up via email in order to send out the book as soon as possible.) In exchange for having this volume bestowed upon you, we ask that you submit a review later.
Thanks, Chronicle Books!
This is a fantastic book! It's been a solid member of my design-book collection for a few years now. Someone will surely enjoy.
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The one give away post that I could actually leave a passionate comment about is for a book I already own and love. Ah, next time...
view amy (rustyletter)'s profile
My favorite poster is a movie poster of Audrey Hepburn in "Green Mansions"
view Lesha's profile
my favorite poster is the Keep Calm and Carry On poster of recent fame on many a design blog. I love it enough to have one in my office as well as one at home. It comes in handy at work, many a coworker has commented on it during stressful times.
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The "We Can Do It!" poster of Rosie the Riveter not only has great graphic impact, but is still inspirational -- more than 60 years later. (P.S. I lived in Nashville and trolled Hatch all the time for posters of my favorite bands. Pick me! Pick me!)
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My favorite poster is one for Guinness, with a seal. Something about a seal shilling beer cracks me up.
view anninva's profile
One of my favorite posters is an A.E.G poster designed by Peter Behrens in 1910. Wish I could have a light bulb like that =)
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favorite of ALL-TIME? that's a tough one for a graphic designer to answer! i'd have to say my current favorite is i am still alive's we are so good together wood type letterpress poster. a simple poster that says precisely how i feel about many things in my life--most of all, being married to my best friend. and of course, it's letterpressed!
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The gorgeous poster of motley stylized birds flying, perfectly serene, through a blue-black night sky to commemorate International Migratory Bird Day 2002.
By the way, how psyched would I be to receive this book? Years ago, I had a boss who would bring back small tokens of his trips for us assistants. Though I've yet to visit Nashville myself, I still have the cool magnet he gave me from Hatch Show Print: the company's name printed in an excellent white font against a red background. I guess it's one of the few things well-designed enough to have made the cut each time I've moved!
view rrb's profile
Just the right number of words. Exactly the line-ups of design. And color that says this is the message. Hatch knows how to do it (after all these years).
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I very nearly bought this book in Nashville! I didn't want to carry it home, though...
My favorite poster is one from the Royal Shakespeare Company that I got years ago. Its background is a deep green and has a mostly naked woman (you see her back) with her arms above her head angled at 90 degrees. Around her hips is a blue satiny draping. It's so striking--something about the colors and the angles of the woman's body. Though, I thought about bringing it in to work, and thought that even though there's nothing lewd about it, it still might not be work-appropriate!
view Christine (the one in DC)'s profile
while i don't have a single favorite poster of all-time, i'm a sucker for those old classic movie posters.
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