When we were talking in class on 3/16, one of the things that grabbed me was the left poster shown above, the first poster for a Vienna Secession exhibition. One of the points mentioned was that it would be unrealistic to add such a large area of white without any type or picture in the blank area, for someone would most likely draw or write somewhere in the space.
The right picture, a poster for the 2008 Whitney Museum Biennial, is very similar to that of the Vienna Secession, because of the layout, how there is something along the top, a figure set to the side, and a bar of information along the bottom. The difference, that the space to the right of the figure is filled with the the most important information. Is this because the bottom of the poster would be too low, or that the designer would know that someone would most likely come along and draw something in the space? It could be either, or both, but either way, no one has drawn on this poster, as they may have if the space was blank.
