MTV Video Music Awards '96

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Archive note

Promotional poster for a fictional 1996 MTV Video Music Awards broadcast, rendered in bilingual English-Mandarin text. The design employs a geometric flower motif in muted jewel tones—a visual language distinctly of the mid-90s—framing the MTV logo at center. Archival photographs of a gold statuette, Fender Stratocaster headstock, studio microphone, and mixing board suggest the breadth of the ceremony's reach. The presence of Chinese-language copy and producer credits (Sound City Productions, Golden Era Records, Future Sounds) implies an alternate MTV distribution or sponsorship model that never materialized. Collectors of lost broadcast ephemera and 90s music industry artifacts.

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Print specification

24x36in

18x24in

2752 × 1536 px · 4.2 MP · landscape

Section: Broadcast Archives
Style: 90s television promotional design, photomontage collage
Mood: nostalgic, corporate, aspirational
Palette: cream, sage green, slate blue, gold

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mtvvideo music awards1996ninetiesmusic televisionfendermicrophonerecording studiogolden agebroadcastbilingualgeometricjewel tonesawards ceremonymusic industry