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Design Category
Promotional design and advertising, 2005
Design firm
Newspeak (Woodside, New York)
Collection
(2006) AIGA 365: 27

Description

VH1 Classic approached Newspeak to design a show package that embodies the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s, with a basis that would suggest news. The iconographical approach allows the viewer to identify the “newslike elements” while also reliving past eras, standing in spirit with the VH1 Classic channel and the show title “VH1 Classic News Flash.”

Credits
Creative director/designer: Erik Montovano
Illustrator: Omar Mrva
Production artist: Gerald Soto (Animator)
Producer: Andreea Prichea
Typeface: Avant Garde
Client: VH1 Classic
Juror Notes

Atmospheric.
The color and shape give the news a sense of urgency.
Very James Bond-y!