The Top 20 Dorm Room Posters Of All Time

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#20 Abbey Road

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In the tiny confines of a dorm room, real estate is at a premium. Giving up a two foot by three foot chunk of wall space requires commitment -- you want the picture you hang to identify you, and allow everyone the opportunity to see how deep your still waters truly run. Mostly, it just screams "Freshman art." The dorm poster is a precursor to your first apartment where you'll use bean bags as dining room chairs and milk crates as patio furniture. Until that day arrives, embrace your decor and stack it against these 20 classics.


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#19 Che Guevara

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#18 Cabo Wabo Ad


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#17 Anything Tupac


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#16 Relativity, MC Escher


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#15 Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville, Robert Doisneau


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#14 Scarface


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#13 Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's


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#12 The Scream, By Edvard Munch


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What's a "tape?"
#11 Maxell Tape Advertisement, "Blown Away"


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13 comments
nick.rallo
nick.rallo moderator communitymanager

I totally had a Fight Club poster.

cehmann1
cehmann1 like.author.displayName 1 Like

How could you leave off the classic Farah Fawcett?

kingbrad2534
kingbrad2534

No Frank Zappa on the toilet? This list sucks.

Big_Dave
Big_Dave

You forgot to include Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.

1dailyreader
1dailyreader

I'm pissed that the "Keep on Truckin'" poster didn't make it.

BrentneyH
BrentneyH

All excellent choices. I feel like the Joel Brodsky b&w of Jim Morrison might be a good honorable mention, especially on tapestry. If memory serves, Dave Matthews, two women kissing, and Corvettes were emblematic of the early aughts. Oh, and Creed. Lots of Creed in the Christian Girl Squad. 

Jamie_L.
Jamie_L.

 @BrentneyH God I know! There are soooo many. LOTS of alternates and honorable mentions, especially when you consider 50 years of dorm posters.

nffcnnr
nffcnnr

MC Eshcer's "Relativity" is 1 of 1st things i bought @ my college bookstore MT @the_mixmaster Top20 Dorm Room Posters http://t.co/3UwwbILq

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