Category: Design & Politics

Graphic design and political communication. Articles from the Design Reviewed archive exploring how design has been used as a tool of political persuasion and propaganda.

Graphic design has always had a political dimension. From revolutionary propaganda posters to election campaigns and protest graphics. This category documents the relationship between design and political communication through the artefacts in the archive.

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The 1960s was an era characterised by political, social, and cultural shifts. The counterculture movement emerged as a response to the perceived failures of the mainstream establishment, sparking a wave of activism and alternative ideologies. And with these an array of printed matter. Counterculture publications, often referred to as the "underground press," became powerful platforms for dissent, expression, and the exploration of new ideas.

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The Face shocked the world of magazines, and the design industry, with its revolutionary design by Neville Brody.

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A 1939 article on American designer, Walter Frank Bomar, published in The Inland Printer, Vol 104, No. 03, 1939.