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Visual Hierarchy in Protest Graphics: Making a ...

Visual Hierarchy in Protest Graphics: Making a Message Legible at 30 Feet Protest graphics live in a strange, demanding habitat. They have to compete with traffic noise, police sirens, weather,...

Reclaiming Patriotic Symbols: Who Gets to Hold ...

Reclaiming Patriotic Symbols: Who Gets to Hold the Flag? Patriotic symbols are supposed to be a shortcut to belonging. A flag, an anthem, a familiar set of colors, a slogan...

Early 20th Century Labor Prints: Ink, Grit, and...

Early 20th Century Labor Prints: Ink, Grit, and the Art of the Working Day Before a strike had a hashtag, it had a poster. Before a movement could go viral,...

Crowds as Visual Metaphors for Solidarity

Crowds as Visual Metaphors for Solidarity There is a strange magic to the crowd: it is both ordinary and cinematic. A crowd is just people, after all. Yet the moment...

Visualizing Care and Solidarity: How Kindness B...

Visualizing Care and Solidarity Care is famously hard to photograph. You can capture a hand on a shoulder, a pot on a stove, a volunteer crouched to tie someone’s shoe,...

Labor Banners and Marching Graphics: How Work G...

There is a particular kind of magic in a labor banner. It is not the museum kind, safely framed and politely lit. It is the kind that flaps, wrinkles, and...