Well, well. This week brings an interesting revelation—maybe you guys are learning, because the fliers seem to be getting better, probably because of the fear that your flier will end up being bashed on this site by a terrifying figure like me. Or maybe just because you want to do a good job with the flier and have people come to your events… In any case, there were actually a surprisingly large number of fliers that did NOT make me want to gouge my eyes out, which in general is a positive thing. So, on to the winners.

Fliers of the Week

Yes, that’s right—there are two best in shows this week—a tie between the Genderfuck poster and the Homecoming one.

Emma Stein

Homecoming

Well, well, well, Columbia. I see what you’re doing here. You want me to come to this homecoming game so you designed a beautiful poster full of brightly colored font that reminds me of schools with school spirit and an adorable lion running with a football. I will admit. I am tempted. You have done well.

Emma Stein

Genderfuck

The Genderfuck poster was the epitome of high design. The illustrations of bloomers were well done and the fonts chosen were the right blend of classy and fun. I especially like the choice of the font for “Free” with the curling leaves and interesting coloring. The color of the poster—a parchment-esque brown—also reinforced the imagery of the classic underwear. Well done, guys. (And the party was pretty well done, too. It’s hard to pull off a classy underwear party.)

Best Design

Emma Stein

Speaking of classy, this Eurotrash poster also pulls off the hard-to-do: making the trashy classy. I like the clever use of symbols here and the cool fonts. Black is always classy, guys.

Worst of the Week

Emma Stein

Oh Earth Coalition. I know you probably don’t want to waste ink on such trivialities as better postering, but if you’re wasting the paper, might as well get it right. Microsoft Word font art does not a good poster make – no matter which way the text is going, it looks like it’s from a third grader’s presentation or something an adult computer student cooked up while trying to master Word. Please, please, please do something more than put words on a sheet of paper. It. Does. Not. Look. Good.

If you have flier of the week submissions, send ‘em on over to ess2182@columbia.edu.