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Design for Obama. Posters for Change: a Grassroots Anthology

Design for Obama. Posters for Change: a Grassroots Anthology

Posters for Change - A Grassroots Anthology

by Steven HellerSpike Lee and Aaron Perry-Zucker
Hardback
Publication Date: 18/11/2009

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Hundreds of artists and designers expressed support for the Obama candidacy by designing posters and submitting them to designforobama.org for free download. This selection of the very best--curated by Spike Lee and Aaron Perry-Zucker--is a visual document of the most inspirational U.S. presidential campaign in living history.

From its inception, the Barack Obama campaign was destined to make history. Its message of inclusion and empowerment was spread by thousands of volunteers, a grassroots organization of unprecedented size and enthusiasm. Design for Obama built on this spirit with an online forum where artists, designers and supporters could upload their artworks and download others. Shepard Fairey's social realist "Hope" poster became 2008's enduring image, inspiring scores of designs that appeared on the streets, at rallies and registration drives, and in homes and offices around the country.

Edited by designforobama.org founder Aaron Perry-Zucker and filmmaker Spike Lee, this collection showcases over 200 of the best pro-Obama posters. Contributors range from prominent graphic and street artists to young up-and-comers. With essays by Spike Lee, Perry-Zucker, and design historian Steven Heller, this outstanding collection serves as a matchless historical document of the widespread visual creativity that helped spur Obama to victory.

ISBN:
9783836518567
9783836518567
Category:
Biography: historical
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
18-11-2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taschen
Country of origin:
Germany
Dimensions (mm):
268.99x229.11x24.64mm
Weight:
1.08kg
Steven Heller

Steven Heller is Senior Art Director at The New York Times. He is also editor of the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design and co-chair MFA/Design Program of the School of Visual Arts in New York.

He is author and co-author of numerous books including Graphic Style: From Victorian to Post-Modern and Graphic Wit and Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design.

In 1996, Heller received the New York Art Directors' Special Educator's Award.

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