People‘s Graphic Design Archive
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"A 1986 campaign poster for Lula’s run for Congress. The poster calls for 'workers in Congress.'...After 21 years of military rule, the Constituent Assembly established Brazil's new democratic Constitution." Archived by Igor Arume #BrazilianDesign #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
"This book from 1996 covers some essential English keywords for comprehension of news topics and their translations into Japanese." Archived by Gideon Grandis-McConnell #JapaneseDesign #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
COLORS 4, Oliviero Toscani, 1993. Archived by @marinabyocean "Colors quarterly magazine (launched 1991 by Benetton, Tibor Kalman, Oliviero Toscani, Karrie Jacobs) explored global issues such as race, migration, AIDS, consumerism, death, crossing cultural + linguistic boundaries." #LGBTQ+history
Queer Nation Presents Voguing Superstars of Paris is Burning, At Limelight, 1991 designed by Steven Broadway from Harvard’s Houghton Library Handbill for a party and fundraiser for the LGBTQ activist organization Queer Nation at The Limelight, 1991. #LGBTQ+history #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Where Am I Going? Dusty Springfield Album, 1967 archived by UF x Design @ufdesigners “Springfield performed soul, pop and dramatic ballads. The simple phrase “Where am I going?” inspired members of marginalized groups to explore any faction of life they dreamed.” #LGBTQ+history #PeoplesGDArchive
cover for Lavender Vision Volume 1, Issue 2, May 1971 archived by UF x Design May 1971 “Lavender Vision’s aesthetic ties together 2 design movements: nouveau-inspired visual cues of hippie counterculture + the beginnings of the grungy, collaged punk era.” #LGBTQ+history #PeoplesGDArchive
Invitation for Paradise Garage Party by Keith Haring, 1984 archived by Zee Leonard “Larry Levan and Keith Haring held a party at Paradise Garage, an iconic LGBTQ+ nightclub. Levan was the club's DJ and a close friend of Haring.” #LGBTQ+history #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
BLK Magazine Volume 1, No. 9 August 1989 designed by Alan Bell “Founded by graphic designer Alan Bell, BLK magazine (1988–1994) was a bastion of writing about black LGBTQ communities at a critical time.” #LGBTQ+history #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
gay is angry poster designed by Juan Carlos Vidal in 1971 archived by UF x Design @ufdesigners “cover of a calendar produced by the Third World Gay Revolution, organized in 1970 by Black and Latino members of the Gay Liberation Front.” #LGBTQ+history #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Map for Pride Power 94 archived by Jackson Asbell from Library of Congress “This graphic depicts a map for Pride Power 94, a 10 day festival of pride and spirit in NYCy, reclaiming the symbol of the pink triangle" #LGBTQ+history #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
La Lomita Chicano newspaper, 1973 archived by Joshua Duttweiler @josh_dutt_design “The Chicano Movement, aka El Movimiento, advocated social and political empowerment through a chicanismo or cultural nationalism. Independently published newspapers were critical” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Dancer on an Orange Ground, cover for Direction magazine, Paul Rand, 1939 From the Cooper Hewitt Archived by @marinabyocean #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Class struggle in the first French Republic, 1977 designed by David King for PLuto Press archived by Alan Marshall #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
New York City Ballet poster, designed by Edward Gorey in 1974 “Author + illustrator Gorey created posters for the gift shop, including this eye-catching lithograph of pointe shoes ascending from 1–5 position.” (Cooper Hewitt) Archived by @marinabyocean #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
“NOW” poster from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1964 with photograph by Danny Lyon #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
HOPE Barack Obama campaign, 20008 by Shepard Fairey “This iconic poster was originally created without permission from Obama's campaign and set off a legal battle about the copyright of the source photograph.” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Cuban Literacy Campaign by Guillermo Méndez, 1961 archived by UF x Design @ufdesigners @dr__dori from cubamuseo. net #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Tokyo Olympics poster, 1964 by Kamekura Yusaku “bold, simple, and powerful.” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Bricks & mortar archives are often in urban areas, and many are only accessible by appointment w limited availability. PGDA’s archive is entirely digital, available to anyone with internet access. Items can be found through search terms, or just browsing the landing page that frequently refreshes.
Poster for an Aretha Franklin concert at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 1968 by @globeatmica archived by Mary Banas @marybanas from the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Georg Olden, designer and VP of McCann Erickson Advertising Agency appeared on "I've Got a Secret" in 1963. At a time when graphic designers existed very much behind the scenes, this is a unique clip.
OUT IN OUT poster by Masayoshi Nakajo, c. 1986 archived by Omar “Nakajo is known for playful visual puns and witty wordplay which we can see in the poster where the ‘IN’ is squeezed between the two ‘OUTS.’” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Poster for peace by U.G. Sato, 1999 archived by Jamtsdejid “The poster features a powerful visual metaphor: a chain-link fence where several links have been broken and bent into the silhouette of a dove in flight.” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Wrapping Paper for Kao Soap, 1930 by Hiromu Hara archived by Kanata “Hara won the design competition for this wrapping paper design and a prize equivalent to five to six times his salary, which was the start of his career as a graphic designer.” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
Anti-Nuclear Pin Badges, c 1980 archived by lara (Norwich, UK) “Part of my grandfather's collection from the 1980s. Anti-nuclear activism was triggered by NATOs decision to deploy hundreds of American nuclear weapons across Western European countries.” #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
1938 Harper's Bazaar Cover by designer A.M. Cassandre + art director Alexey Brodovitch archived by Julia van Os After signing a contract in 1936, Cassandre created covers w Alexey Brodovitch for several years. His work is rooted in Art Deco and inspired by Surrealism + Cubism. #PeoplesGDArchive
Rudi Gernreich’s Red, White, Blue Alphabet Print Silk Scarf, c. 1965 and modeled by Peggy Moffitt #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
