144 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

The poster as we know it dates from the Industrial Revolution, although one form of outdoor advertising has existed for many centuries. Industrialisation meant that producer became separated from consumer while production for mass consumption rapidly increased, so that a development was necessary in the methods employed in bringing to public notice the merits and very existence of many goods.... Read more

Introduction.  Foreword.  Part 1. 1. Poster Sites and Poster Contractors  2. The Outdoor Advertising Agency  3. Poster Design  4. Poster Printing  Part 2. 5. Outdoor Advertising – The Medium  6. Using Outdoor Advertising  7. The Outdoor Agency in Action  Part 3. 8. Measuring the Poster Audience  9. Further Development  Part 4. 10. Social Aspects of Outdoor Advertising  11. The Town and Country Planning Act.  References.  Appendices. 1. The Population of Great Britain & Northern Ireland  2. Costs of Poster Campaigns  3. Transportation Advertising – Traffic and Poster Sizes  4. Transportation Advertising – Schedules and Costs  5. Standard Conditions of Trading  6. Sections 31 and 32 – The Town and Country Planning Act, 1947  7. Glossary.

Biography

C. B. Wrey, R. Nelson, A. E. Sykes