Online - October 05, 2005

Poster Boy

Jason Munn’s Posters

You haven’t gone for the posters-as-decor thing since your rabid seventh-grade Depeche Mode obsession.

And, generally speaking, this has been a positive development.

But not so fast. Jason Munn has reinvented the wheel with his hand-silk-screened album and concert posters. A trained graphic designer, Munn creates his pieces in his Oakland, California, studio, and each one begins with a freehand sketch, which is scanned into a computer, altered with clip art, and given life with just three colors. The result is a simple yet beautiful work of art worthy of a frame and a place in your home.

What makes the beauties even more alluring is the cool bands that his work promotes: Cat Power, Wilco, Rilo Kiley, the Pixies, Secret Machines, and Death Cab for Cutie, to name a few. There’s no chance of mistaking these for the cheapo fanzine centerfolds of your youth. It could just be the newest wave in your quest for cool wall adornment.

Minus the new wave, of course.

Available online at thesmallstakes.com.