It’s taken two days for my eyes to recover from all amazing work at Flatstock Rock Poster Art Convention… talk about visual candy! Sponsored by the American Poster Institute and presented as part of the South by Southwest Music Conference, Flatstock exposes conference-goers and the general public to the graphic side of the music industry. Hailing from every region and representing a huge range of styles, more than seventy of the best poster artists converged on a ballroom in Austin’s downtown convention center and filled it from floor to ceiling with great examples of contemporary poster design. 

For anyone who thinks that the hand-printed poster design is a thing of the past, Flatstock is strong evidence to the contrary. There was way too much for me to document it all but here’s a sampler of images and links. You can clikc here for a full list of participants. 

This Flatstock promo poster from The Decoder Ring Design Concern is printed with an ink/barbeque sauce mixture(!) and sealed with peppery varnish. Haven’t we done a few posts on edible prints?

Jay Ryan of The Bird Machine was in attendance with tons of beautiful work. Look for him in the publishers area at SGC this week.

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