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Queer X design : 50 years of signs, symbols, banners, logos, and graphic art of LGBTQ / Andy Campbell

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Author:
Campbell, Andrew Raymond 1982-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2019
Notes:
CHMMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
Contents:
Introduction -- Pre-Liberation -- 1970s -- 1980s -- 1990s -- 21st Century
Summary:
The first-ever illustrated history of the iconic designs, symbols, and graphic art representing more than 5 decades of LGBTQ pride and activism--from the evolution of Gilbert Baker's rainbow flag to the NYC Pride typeface launched in 2017 and beyond. Organized by decade beginning with Pre-Liberation and then spanning the 1970s through the millennium, QUEER X DESIGN will be an empowering, uplifting, and colorful celebration of the hundreds of graphics-from shapes and symbols to flags and iconic posters-that have stood for the powerful and ever-evolving LGBTQ movement over the last five-plus decades. Included in the collection will be everything from Gilbert Baker's original rainbow flag, ACT-UP's Silence = Death poster, the AIDS quilt, and Keith Haring's "Heritage of Pride" logo, as well as the original Lavender Menace t-shirt design, logos such as "The Pleasure Chest," protest buttons such as "Anita Bryant Sucks Oranges," and so much more. Sidebars throughout will cover important visual grouping such as a "Lexicon of Pride Flags," explaining the now more than a dozen flags that represent segments of the community and the evolution of the pink triangle
Topic:
Sexual minorities in art--History  Search this
Homosexuality and art--History  Search this
Signs and symbols--History  Search this
Sexual minorities--History  Search this
Universal design--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1107285