The power of the poster is its ability to make a strong and accessible visual statement. With ready access to broadband, mobile and digital technologies, the poster's role has expanded well beyond the limitations of the printed surface, energised by the modern tools of protest. Our new technologies can now offer truly global conversations coupled with unprecedented opportunities for inventing alternative ways of changing attitudes or showing defiance or solidarity. The poster, with its mix of both low-tech and high-tech, of old and new, has clearly become a cornerstone of 21st century protest. The 150 posters included in this book have been created by graphic artists from across the world in response to major events; be they political, environmental or specific catastrophic events. From the devastating impact of 9/11 in 2001 through the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2012 and the Occupy movement, these posters are eloquent in their visual impact. Graphic artists from over 32 countries including Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Australia and the Far East appear in the book. Some names, such as Milton Glaser, are well known while others will be new to most readers.
With information about the events and the artists, 'Graphic Activism. Posters with a Global Conscience' will be a resource for graphic designers, social historians, students, artists and political activists.
- ISBN10 1908126361
- ISBN13 9781908126368
- Publish Date 30 October 2013
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vivays Publishing Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English