Spent the weekend getting design examples together to use in an interview piece about The Logo Factory for Jeff Andrews’ Design Inspiration Interviews. Ended up rummaging around in my old portfolio looking for this blast from the past – a poster that I designed for CFNY radio personality The Live Earl Jive (real name Vaughn Filkins) and his Video Circus ‘road show’ back in 1982 (full image after the jump). This poster was created long before desktop design software (actually, before desktop computers even existed) and the artwork was designed with ruling pens, acetate overlays and rublylith (ancient tools of the trade rendered obsolete by computers and design software). Not exactly my best work (in retrospect the hand-drawn video lettering is horrible) but it was something that I was extremely proud off at the time. CFNY was Canada’s first ‘alternative’ radio station and originally broadcast out of an old house in Brampton, my home town. For about a decade, every radio dial I owned was tuned to 102.1 – The Spirit of Radio.
CFNY introduced me to what was known at the time as ‘new wave’ music and 80’s Brit pop – Depeche Mode, Ultravox, Visage, The Cure, Siouxsie and The Banshees et al – bands that I’d still consider myself as a fan of (my itunes playlist could sub for a CFNY play list circa 1984, if they had a playlist, which they didn’t). To actually design a poster for one of their on-air personalities was a thrill for a young designer just getting started out (also netted me quite a few free tickets to road show gigs and concerts). At the time, listeners to CFNY made up for their small numbers with a ferocious loyalty (I even drank Carlsberg beer at my fave weekend haunt, Nuts and Bolts Nightclub, because they were a major sponsor). Alas, CFNY was sold to some corporate interests in the mid-90s, ditched their ‘renegade’ vibe and like many listeners, I lost interest when they were rebranded as ‘The Edge‘ sans the original call letters. If you’re an old fan of 102.1, or are interested in more info, you can check out the colorful history of CFNY over at this fan site.
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