Psychedelic poster art

Wes Wilson 

Wes Wilson is known for designing psychedelic posters during the 1960's, creating a font that had the illusion of melting or moving, this psychedelic style was very popular during the period of time and had links to the peace movement.

The posters themselves use a very limited pallet of colours, no more than 3, these vibrant colours contrast against each other to bring the text forward they also create a bright poster to add to the psychedelic nature. Wilson's use of font makes it very difficult to read due to the wavy shapes and morphing of the letters, the audience would have to study the image thoroughly in order to read the message, however this was precisely its purpose as a lot of these posters advertised events for a certain social group, so there was an element of exclusivity in his work.