Designers tend to get a bunch of freebies in the mail. Photographers’ portfolios, invitations to ad contests with ridiculously high entry fees… most of it’s glorified junk mail. But not this beauty. Not only was this poster spared from the trash can, but it’s been hanging up on the wall right over my monitor since the day I got it. I like to think it brings a little bit of vintage, country charm to my office.

OK, in fairness, this is not the exact version of my poster. It’s the digital wallpaper replica (available at veer.com), but it’s the only image I could find online. Mine is even cooler because it features one of the best design quotes of all time:

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry