This thesis is not a chronological history of a printing company, but rather an attempt to investigate and illuminate the rich heritage of Globe Poster Printing. Using the resources available to me at MICA, this thesis will serve as a means to generate a body of work based on the vernacular and aesthetics of the Globe’s American street poster through the last century. It will be based on technological research (letterpress and screen printing), typographic and graphic investigations and publishing.

This thesis is not a history of the American street poster, but rather a case study of Globe and how their work and approach to communication fits into the larger domain of graphic design. It is an investigation into the intentional and unintentional aesthetics of a physical process (setting wood type, cutting film) and a documentation of a nearly 80-year-old business.

The Ciceros have been gracious and open about their company and I want to share that story with others any way I can- though exhibitions and publications, both public and private.

This is not a thesis that will exist in a gallery for 10 days and then evaporate. It is about building a relationship between myself, MICA and Globe. It is about rigorous documentation and dissemination.

My goals are: continue to collect information, document artifacts and create work that examines and harnesses Globe’s approach to printing and design. This material will lay the ground work for a book about the company.