A nice collection of minimally designed advertising posters.
Definitely a case of – dare I use the cliche – less is more.

Advances in technology and the advent of the web and social media have greatly expanded the number of channels available to businesses to market and promote themselves since the 1980s.

How’s this for a take on free downloadable music… a single – or even an album – has become like an enticement to buy tickets to see artists or bands perform live.
Thus, artists like Radiohead, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Prince are all divorcing themselves from their traditional music labels and are, [...]

Mapped out career paths in large companies may be all well and good for the individuals concerned, but if these people are transferred into areas requiring skills that are beyond their core competencies – something that is referred to as the “Peter Principle” – the outcome may not be so desirable…
The problem is that common [...]

US rock band Green Day’s efforts to promote their new album, 21st Century Breakdown, have been causing a stir in the Sydney suburb of Newtown, where locals have taken exception to the “commercial” nature of murals and stencils publicising the new release.
Critics say the murals, which appeared in inner-city suburbs including Newtown and Surry Hills, [...]

Your mileage may vary, but Nicholas Lezard found that simply looking busy at work brought promotional opportunities his way.
I discovered that the way to survive in a large company was: a) to have an office with a lockable door and b) to make sure that when outside the office, en route to canteen, pub, or [...]

Leonardo Borges’ reduced size business cards for recessionary times.

Australian telecommunications company Telstra has publicly released employee guidelines for the use of social media and social networks, and rather than adopt a say nothing whatsoever stance, have recognised their workforce can be an integral part of the company’s marketing and promotional strategy.
At the other end of the continuum, we could be highly prescriptive, discouraging [...]

If you were into the Australian rave scene in the early 1990’s it’s time to re-live those glory days.
inthemix have dug up artworks and posters from the era (well, the early 90’s sound like ancient history now) and posted them online for your viewing pleasure in two galleries, part one and part two.
Go hard [...]

Get the t-shirt (tank top in this case), get the poster.