posters
20 Political Poster Books. Activist, poster artist and book nerd Josh MacPhee posts an annotated list of his twenty favorite books on post-WWII political posters. A great resource!
22 September 2009 | Agitate! Educate! Organize!
My interview with Lincoln Cushing, co-author of Agitate! Educate! Organize!: American Labor Posters is up at Design Observer along with a brief slideshow of selections from the book.
We talk about the book, its origins, and the trouble with political posters.
Flagged
Lex Drewinski, 2D/3D, silkscreen, 2006.
Why
Poster design by Ricardo Levins Morales and the late great Northland Poster Collective.
Visualizing Public Policy. 
The Center for Urban Pedagogy has announced a call for designers for the next round of Making Policy Public. This year’s fold-out poster designs will cover policy briefs on:
The Center for Urban Pedagogy has announced a call for designers for the next round of Making Policy Public. This year’s fold-out poster designs will cover policy briefs on:- Preserving public parks and historically safe spaces for LGBTQ teens in the context of rapid privatization of public space.
- Enabling public housing residents to become active participants in critical decisions about the developments where they live.
- Educating the public about the redistricting process and reforms that can make it less subject to political manipulation.
- Helping youth and their families navigate the juvenile justice system.
- Visualizing market forces along the tomato supply chain that give rise to sweatshop working conditions in the Florida tomato industry.
