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Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest

Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest

Gaiter, Colette
Coles, Stephen
Munro, Silas

Hardcover

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Publisher Price: $45.00

ISBN10: 1736863304
ISBN13: 9781736863305
Publisher: Letterform Archive Bks
Published: Oct 18 2022
Pages: 280
Weight: 2.85
Height: 1.20 Width: 7.80 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

A powerful new exploration of the uses of lettering, type and design to amplify resistance and inspire change--from 19th-century antislavery broadsides to the Silence = Death graphics of the AIDS epidemic and the handmade signs of the Black Lives Matter movement

Organized into chapters that explore the many ways to express dissent (RESIST!, VOTE!, STRIKE!, TEACH! and LOVE!), Strikethrough presents more than 120 signs, posters, publications and ephemera in vivid imagery and incisive prose. From the colorful affiches of the Paris '68 uprising to Memphis strike workers' placards to the Black Panthers' newspaper, this generously illustrated volume showcases the role of graphic design in a wide range of protest movements in the United States and abroad. Including selections from artists and art collectives such as Jenny Holzer, the Guerrilla Girls and Fierce Pussy, this book provides a broad and critical survey of the typographics of activism. Strikethrough also features 10 profiles on the designers behind the graphics--including Corita Kent, Emory Douglas and Ben Shahn--and a custom display typeface based on historical protest graphics by Tré Seals, plus an introduction by activist and design scholar Colette Gaiter and an essay on type by Stephen Coles.

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