Chemistry Posters Better Than Olympics Posters

Well, I think so anyway (there's an update at the bottom of this post). Maybe it's because I'm a fan of the atoms and elements, but I think these are far more beautiful and carry far more impact than the 2012 Olympic posters. This year is, as I'm sure you know, the International Year of Chemistry. The goals are, "to increase the public appreciation of chemistry in meeting world needs, to encourage interest in chemistry among young people, and to generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry." So there you go. Get chemistrying people!

All posters designed by Simon C Page and available for purchase through his site. 

Update: I spent this weekend thinking about this, and it is of course totally unfair and wrong of me to say these posters are 'better' than those of the Olympics. I prefer them, yes, but all of these are designed by one graphic designer/illustrator, while the Olympics posters are each by a different artist - not designer. They're two completely different fields. What I don't really understand is why not a single designer was asked to do an Olympics poster. I suppose they just wanted to keep them within a certain space, but can 'art' - as the posters are - really provide inspiration and impact, two things that I would have thought were crucial for posters depicting the Olympics? Any comments welcome, as I am neiter an artist nor designer. 

Influencers

How trends and creativity become contagious.

Thanks to Stuf for this. 

There's Decent and Then There's Decent

I'm sick to death of reading about adverts being banned because of 10 angry calls (which means 10 sad and lonely people who are probably religious fundamentalists or just plain stupid), or 5 angry calls, or in these cases, one and no angry calls.

The Lynx Excite advert was pulled from South Africa because one guy complained about, "the idea that angels would forsake their divinity for aerosol cologne." Jesu - sorry - holy moly. Get a grip. 

This recent Marc Jacobs advert for his new fragrance Oh Lola was pulled after the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority deemed it too, well too raunchy basically. The fragrance's manufacturer, Coty U.K., told the ASA it had received no complaints at all, and neither did ES Magazine nor The Sunday Times Style Magazine when they ran the ad. It's all getting a bit out of hand, if you ask me.

What really frustrates me is that this kind of stuff gets banned while absolute shit still gets made and approved. If they have watchdogs that strive to "ensure ads are legal, decent, honest and truthful" the least they could do is add 'creative' or 'good' to that list. Come to think of it, 'decent' does the job but I very much doubt they mean it in that way. 

I mean....what the....it's as if they're trying to be Anthony and Sharon who yes, were cheesy, but I have a faint memory of being totally ecstatic when they finally kissed in 1989.

Anyway, the point being, if adverts must be decent enough to be on TV or in magazines, then they should also be decent enough.