Made in North Korea: Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017

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by Nick Bonner
‘Made in North Korea uncovers the fascinating and surprisingly beautiful graphic culture of North Korea – from packaging to hotel brochures, luggage tags to tickets for the world-famous mass games. From his base in Beijing, Bonner has been running tours into North Korea for over twenty years, and along the way collecting graphic ephemera. He has amassed thousands of items that, as a collection, provide an extraordinary and rare insight into North Korea’s state-controlled graphic output, and the lives of ordinary North Koreans.’

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Made in North Korea - Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017
Made in North Korea – Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017

 

Made in North Korea - Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017
Made in North Korea – Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017

 

Made in North Korea - Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017
Made in North Korea – Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017

 

Made in North Korea - Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017
Made in North Korea – Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK, Phaidon Press, 2017
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