27: Stenberg Brothers

This month on The Poster Boys, Brandon and Sam head back to the 1920s to look at the incredible film posters born out of the Russian Revolution and the work of two of Russia’s most prominent designers in particular, Vladimir and Georgii Stenberg. Despite a tragically short career, the Stenberg Brothers crafted over 300 posters during a period fraught with societal and technological change while becoming the pioneers of design and advertising techniques used throughout the world to this day. Also in this episode: a look in the Flat File at the poster designs for Buster Keaton’s silent comedy classic, THE GENERAL.

SHOW NOTES & LINKS

Stenberg Brothers: Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the Stenberg Brothers Part 1 Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the Stenberg Brothers Part 2 Movie Poster of the Week: the Posters of Dziga Vertov Interview with Vladimir Stenberg The Daily Stenberg Russian Film Posters 1900-1930 Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde Russian Revolutionary Posters

Music selections: “Bass on Titles” opening theme, clips from Man with a Movie Camera.

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Special thanks to producer Adrian Cobb.