PaperPosts:
Print, paper, mail art and ephemera

A postcard from Adbusters, spoofing the Absolut ads and showing a foot with a toes tag and the words Absolute on ice

Early Adbusting

These postcards are from some 90s Adbusters work. I think they came with the magazine.

A poster with the quote, Civil disobedience on grounds of conscience is an honourable tradition in this country and those who take part in it may in the end be vindicated by history

Sometimes judges are OK

Back in the days when we had other stuff to worry about. This was just after the DIY culture movement of the early 90s and was in relation to the growing environmentalist movements

A postcard showing the words missed it, by the CMYK offset is horizontal offset too much

Great visual pun for TimeOut magazine - even if it is a graphic designer joke. I love this little piece of promo work, it was one of the first bits of paper ephemera I picked up and kept. That's why I use it in the…

A postcard with bold text saying Websites are a waste of time and money

It'll never catch on

This postcard is from the late 90s. I found it discarded on the pavement, I think it was for a print agency.

A postcard showing a sock puppet made to resemble Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver

ITV digital promocards

The ill-fated ITV Digital sent out these promotional cards using the Sock monkey. This was way before PG Tips adopted the Sock Monkey and Johnny Vegas. I love the Raging Bull one.