The Artists Behind Some of the Most Cliched Dorm Posters

Do you ever think about how different the college experience would be today? Maybe we’re aging ourselves here, but just the thought of taking notes on a laptop — or an iPad! — is mind boggling to us old-fashioned spiral notebook types. Well, we’ve surveyed the slightly younger generation, and apparently not much has changed as far as college dorm decorations are concerned. You’ve gotta be kidding. Well, alright. Let’s hit up some dorm rooms and delve into the (still) most cliched and popular posters and the art therein. Girls! Van Gogh! And other usual suspects! Which ones did you have? ‘Fess up.

Van Gogh’s Starry Night, guys. It’s so “trippy” and calming in its familiarity, isn’t it? Resist. The least you could do is go for a framed Starry puzzle, so it looks like you put some work into it. Or a Dr. Who remix. Something. Please.

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I'm 25 and spent six years in college and never once saw 7, 8 or 10 in anyone's rooms (other places, yes. But not on campus). As other people have said, you are definitely missing the Bob Marley and Audrey Hepburn posters. I must also add that you are missing The Godfather poster and James Dean on his bike with his back to the camera. Those were the top sellers at every freshman bash sale at my school.

Surely there had to be Radiohead in there somewhere...some Stanley Donwood angry bear head, no?

Pretty accurate, but you forgot the Audrey Hepburn and Bob Marley posters that people who know nothing about Audrey Hepburn or Bob Marley put up.

As a member of "the slightly younger generation," I'm a bit confused by the omission of the iconic Holly Golightly shot, which seems to be the room of every sorority girl who describes herself as "classy."

WHERE DID THIS LIST COME FROM? DID YOU GUYS JUST MAKE IT UP?

Is Robert Doisneau's "The Kiss" not a big seller anymore? I find that hard to believe...

No Dali? No Ansel Adams? C'mon.

What do you mean you "surveyed the younger generation"? It'd be interesting to see the results or where you got this list from. Is it a real list or did you make it up?