I went along last Friday to the International Society of Typographic Designers bi-annual awards event, as I’d heard my Storm Thorgerson poster had been nominated which was lovely, and totally unexpected. Not as unexpected however as winning a much coveted Premier Award, which was something special.

Congratulations too, to the guys from Purpose who were also winners on the night for The Armoury…

…and The Partners who were recognised for their work for the Injured Jockey Fund.

It was a great evening, wonderful work and nice people, so thanks to all the guys at the iSTD and also those who helped make the poster happen (you know who you are)

Oh, it was held at the Museum of Packaging and Brands in Notting Hill which is well worth a visit.

If you’re a graphic designer and you’ve designed a poster, you have to photograph it being held by the top two corners. Don’t ask me why, it’s the law. Clean under your fingernails and get to it.

This trend has long since jumped the shark, in fact even this blog post is passé, but now you can follow the evolution of the meme and keep up to date with various attempts to keep the art of poster holding alive, lest it dies out forever at Poster Goatse. We must not let it go unrecorded for future generations.

There’s graphics, there’s ingenuity, there’s careful finger placement, forgery and unbuttoned cuffs, there’s even titillation…

And they are doing sterling work, tirelessly researching the origins of the phenomenon…

Take a look at the site, the acerbic commentary alone is worth it. What’s a goatse? You’ll wish you never asked…

God bless Obamicons. Thanks to Ben Terrett for the link, he’s got loads of them…

Yes, they certainly will. If you have forgotten to bring the latest Harry Potter book with you this morning, didn’t have time to buy a newspaper and came off second best in the mad scrabble for a copy of Metro, then you’re left stood in the packed carriage, nestled under an armpit, reading the horoscopes over someone else’s shoulder or comitting all the stops on the current line to memory. Someone else is reading a novel, although they keep turning the pages before you’ve finished them – It won’t be long before you turn to the adverts throughout the carriage, travel insurance, property investments, Paul McKenna can make you rich, something on at the O2 etc etc, then this one which I saw the other morning: Even posters this dull get read. It’s funny ’cause it’s true.

Leaves you wondering why they need graphic designers to make them look nice as well…