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A collective of projects across Iberia is protecting commercial signs to create a living archive
Fire engine red, bordered by polka dots and stretching the length of three cars, the sign for the Orte clothing store had long loomed over Madrid’s Alcalá thoroughfare, its presence steady even as fast-food restaurants and chain stores began moving into the area.
When the store closed its doors and the space was poised to be rented, news swiftly reached Alberto Nanclares. Within days he was on site, working with a team to painstakingly pry the sign from the facade where it had sat for more than five decades.
Between the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 and the calamities of the Pacific War (1942–45), Tokyo and Osaka developed into some of the world’s most vibrant and modern metropolises. A new generation of creative and financially liberated young people – playfully known as moga and mobo, or modern girls and modern boys – spurred a movement that energised Japanese innovation.
Japanese Modernism, which opens at the National Gallery of Victoria on 28 February, investigates this period with fashion, decorative arts, popular culture and design. Annika Aitken and Wayne Crothers – senior and assistant curators of Asian art respectively – handpicked posters that demonstrate the evolution of a design aesthetic which tells the story of a changing Japan
An upcoming exhibition at London’s House of Illustration collects 185 posters and magazines from Cuba’s golden age of design, from the 1960s to the early 90s.
“The posters tell us that Cuba sees supporting the struggles of liberation movements internationally as an integral part of its own revolution,” says curator Olivia Ahmad.
American leftists cannot restrain themselves from throwing stink-bombs at all things wholesome and good. July 4th, my wife Mary read two articles in which black writers scolded blacks for celebrating Independence Day.
At a recent conference in Las Vegas, Barack Obama's official White House photographer revisited his years with the former President. Twelve thousand photographers, graphic designers, creative directors, and filmmakers attended a recent conference hosted by Adobe, in Las Vegas.
Everyone says print is dead. Not so. Now in its fifth year, Printed Matter's L.A. Art Book Fair is a massive celebration of artists' books, works of art that take the form of a book or pamphlet.
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Little has united Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump over the past year, but they could have supported each other through difficult campaign-logo rollouts. When it was unveiled last April, Clinton's logo was trashed by a number of design experts, who criticized its conservative-looking, rightward-facing arrow.
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GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate, just as everyone assumed earlier this week when the news initially leaked. But what nobody knew - and what no one was seemingly prepared for - was what the new campaign logo would look like.