Archive — March 12, 2008
Originally published on The Luxe Mix, March 2008. Recovered from the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine).
I can’t recall the last time I browsed through $5 posters at Poster Prints in the mall. It was the thing to do back in high school “when I was a kid”. It seems since the good old days the poster business has moved online and I’m not sure it’s ever coming back. I can’t say that seems to be the best thing for business though because out of sight out of mind. When’s the last time you thought about buying a poster? It wasn’t until an interesting late night visit I made to Zazzle’s corporate building with LL and T-mon that I realized there’s some wall-worthy art out there. There were eclectic posters strewn about the building, all prints from Zazzle.com. If you’ve never heard of Zazzle it’s a website that sells things like hats, tees, mugs, and posters that are designed with either liscened designs (Disney, Star Wars, etc) or designs submitted by individuals artists. Even you can submit a design to zazzle and print your own tee. After my visit to Zazzle I couldn’t help myself but get lost in the endless pages of products across the site. At last I came upon this EMO poster (above) created by a user named JoJy45. Not knowing what emo was I looked it up. and learned it’s a kind of “emotional” punk expression or music. In any case I think this poster captures some emotions I identify with and I’d just love! to have this in my house somewhere. It’s kind of crude, raw, yet innocent.. and speaks to the inner emotional child I can’t seem to leave behind. EMO Poster available at Zazzle.com