Kenneth Bromfield is yet another hugely talented British mid-century poster designer that I couldn’t find much background information about.

There are lots more posters that I could have included however, quite a few of them included photographs of scantily-clad ladies seductively peering out from the poster encouraging the viewer to visit Sussex, Kent, Eastbourne, Dorset and Hampshire. I don’t like those ones so much; I don’t think he did so much either. Perhaps this is why in a 1962 issue of Advertiser’s Weekly he was quoted as saying:

Why is our advertising so bloody awful? Mainly because it is lacking in interest, ideas and design. And repetitive to the point of boredom…. From any cross-section of ads, the general advertiser’s attitude would seem to be: if you are a lousy, smelly, idle, underprivileged, and over-sexed status-seeking neurotic moron, give me your money.
_{Are You a Miserable Old Bastard? Quips, Quotes, And Tales From The Eternally Pessimistic Book – A. Andrew John and Stephen Blake}

If you’re interested, original examples occasionally come up for sale at auction and sell in the low hundreds of pounds. Your best bet is to sign up for alerts at websites such as The Saleroom. Otherwise, try specialist vintage sellers such as Antikbar, Twentieth Century Posters, and Poster Editions.

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Candlish McCleery | Pinterest | Postal Heritage | Poster Historian | Science Museum | Vintage Poster Blog