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Hope to nope graphics and politics, 2008-18 edited by Lucienne Roberts, David Shaw, Rebecca Wright, Margaret Cubbage

Catalog Data

Editor:
Roberts, Lucienne  Search this
Shaw, David  Search this
Interviewer:
Wright, Rebecca 1972-  Search this
Cubbage, Margaret  Search this
Interviewee:
Glaser, Milton  Search this
Fairey, Shepard  Search this
Author:
Design Museum (London, England)  Search this
Physical description:
128 pages color illustrations 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Interviews
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2018
Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Design Museum, March 28-August 12, 2018
Includes an interview of Milton Glaser by Rebecca Wright and an interview of Shepard Fairey by Margaret Cubbage
Summary:
This has been a politically volatile decade. The global financial crash of 2008 and its aftermath have shaken people's confidence in the prevailing order. The political landscape is increasingly polarised between left- and right-wing agendas, with the reaction against the establishment culminating in the surprise results of the Brexit referendum and the 2016 US election. Other areas of the world have witnessed similar upheavals, with events such as the Arab Spring and the refugee crisis having far-reaching political implications. Fuelling these events has been an extraordinary proliferation of graphic messages, from political posters and protest placards to internet memes. People are more politically engaged than they have been for years, and the rise of social media has meant that they can disseminate political iconography as never before. Type and image are being used by the marginalised and powerful alike to shape political messages, both reinforcing and undermining authority across the globe. Hope to Nope will explore the diverse methods that have been used to construct and communicate political messages over the past ten years. As traditional media rubs shoulders with the hash-tag and the meme, never has graphic design been more critical in giving everyone a political voice. Exhibition: Design Museum, London, UK (28.03.-12.08.2018)
Topic:
Graphic arts  Search this
Commercial art  Search this
Art--Political aspects  Search this
Arts graphiques  Search this
Art publicitaire  Search this
Art--Aspect politique  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154700