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Environmental Art Installations as Protest: Whe...

There is a special kind of discomfort that arrives when you stumble into an artwork that is not politely waiting on a wall. It is in your path, under your...

The Art of the Labor Strike Poster

The Art of the Labor Strike Poster A strike poster has one job and about three seconds to do it. It must cut through street noise, scrolling thumbs, and the...

Why Political Art Must Be Legible

Why Political Art Must Be Legible Political art has a romantic reputation: the mysterious mural, the cryptic collage, the poster that looks like it was smuggled out of a dream....

Poster Art in Reproductive Rights Movements: Sm...

The poster as a portable argument Reproductive rights movements have always faced a peculiar problem: the issues are intimate, medical, legal, and moral all at once, yet the fight often...

Digital Tools and the New Protest Poster

Digital Tools and the New Protest Poster The protest poster used to begin with a table, a marker, and whatever cardboard could be liberated from the nearest recycling bin. Now...

The Aesthetics of Modern Progressive Design

The Aesthetics of Modern Progressive Design Modern progressive design has a curious job description. It needs to be beautiful without being precious, urgent without becoming visually noisy, and persuasive without...