Rhino Safari

Deane was commissioned by Ackerman, Hood, and McQueen Advertising Agency in 1987 to design a poster for the 1988 Brunswick Men’s Winter Tour Rhino Safari.

A tube was discovered but the contents would not come out. So, with the help of scissors, seven posters were removed. They were stuck together in the bottom left.

We did a bit of DIY restoration! Using a handheld steamer, we got the posters unstuck, although not completely! After deciding which poster will give a good image, another poster that had a better image of the pink tour date list was cut with an Exacto knife. Other posters were used to cover up imperfections (you can see this in the monkey slide).

After pieces were taped, I took digital images, uploaded the images to my computer, and used the design tools to ‘soften’ the edges.

If you move the screen to the right, you can see the other poster peeking out below the top one. I decided to leave it the way it is. You will also notice I attempted to clean up the bottom left corner. I accidentally covered over the printing date AND there is more printing above it!

Can you see the pictogram? I believe it is a Brunswick logo. I don’t believe Deane designed this. The clean version came from a 1988 Brunswick catalog found online. It is noticeably different from the poster version.

The official 1988 Olympic bowling pictogram. So far, bowling in the Olympics was just a one-time exhibition. Here is more information.

When we fully opened up the tube and spread out the posters, we could tell immediately it was designed by Deane. We thought it was likely. But, here is proof. The signature is in the bottom right.

A closeup view of the tour dates. You can find out about the winners here. You’ll see a few more dates added. This poster is only showing tours January 2 – April 30. Maybe there is a second poster for the second half of the year?