All of this goes into our scientific formula for selecting the flyers of the year. Our bird Editor chose these 20 flyers from a pool of about 5000. Many more will appear in our favorite flyer list -- your favorite flyer list, dear reader -- Worst Flyers 2015. Look out for that tomorrow. For now, good vibes.
Flyers picked by China Academy Of Art graduate & official SmSh bird, Editor The Parakeet
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From The Shanghai Soup Dumpling Index to her work on St.Cavish's flyers, illustrator Ailadi just killed it in 2015.
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Looks like a poster for a queer cinema night, and it is.
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This one's for 9/11.
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Some next-level screen-printing techniques on display here, by the always dope Idle Beats collective.
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Less is more. That said, this poster makes zero sense to anyone unacquainted with Shanghai's labyrinthian techno quadrant. Might as well be a Carrefour promotion.
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Postmodern flyer for a postmodern concept album of footwork trax built from samples of those "disco" CDs sold by uncles on the streets of Shanghai.
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Why yes, this is a hipster laowai '80s party.
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Not your typical hip hop flyer.
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Jumped on that Star Wars train a few months before the rest of the galaxy.
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Speaking of space...
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This artist's other big poster in 2015 got the whole tour banned.
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Chinese Nu-metal x ouija board vibes.
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Guess we should include one club flyer with a DJ's face on it? R.I.P. Lola V1.0.
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For their 11th anniversary, Bar Rouge did this six-part Tintin-esque series of flyers. That's kinda neat.
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Colors really pop on this one. Plus, having one flyer for your 27 city tour just makes life so much easier.
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Most venues don't even bother telling customers that they're closed for holidays. Le Baron went about five steps further with this concept they borrowed from '80s NYC.
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Your annual '80s style photocopy shitjob. Art matches the concept.
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Looks just like ChaCha. Are those cherry cough drops floating around?
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Cute.
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Something you'd wanna put on your dorm room wall and just BUG OUT to, maaaaaaannnn...
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Join us tomorrow, dear friends, as we count down the worst of 2015...
This article is part of our 2015 In Rewind series. Check out the rest:
Shanghai's Favorite Eats & Drinks (Coming Soon)
Best Flyers
Worst Flyers
Best & Worst Shows
Shanghai's Best & Worst Art
China's Best Albums
China's Worst Music
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