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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 5h

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 16h

MIRAI (future) poster for Japanese department store Parco Co., Ltd., 1998 designed by Higashiizumi Iichiro and archived by Omar

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 1d

Draft Card, USA 1940
archived by @briarlevit

“My grandfather’s draft card. He was a student at UC Berkeley when he filled this out. This simple form represents the requirement of a young person to show up for the military.”

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 2d

Radical screen printed posters from Bologna's 1968 Movement, designed by Nerio Tatin and printed by Franco Gelati. archived by Maria Luisa De Nola, Paolo D'Amato, Alessandro Didio. from the Elio Carletti Collection, Parri Institute, Bologna

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 3d

Guerrilla Girls: Feminist Street Posters, 1985
archived by UFxDesign @ufdesigners @dr_dori

In 1985, the Guerrilla Girls installed posters about political and feminist causes. This poster asserts reproductive rights, and was seen by thousands in NY.

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 4d

Haunting Flavor Milky Way advertisement, 1954, designer unknown

Mars was one of the first companies to put out a national ad for Halloween. Debuting in Life Magazine, the friendly cartoon ghost is complete with textured, fuzzy contours.
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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 5d

New on the blog!
Writer, designer, and illustrator Isla Pedrana selected her favorite items from The Archive and describes how history can captivate us in unexpected ways. peoplesgdarchive.org/blog

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 6d

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📚 The People's Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced archive that captures the stories, artifacts, and movements that shaped our field.

Donate today!

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 6d

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 7d

Logo for 吞竜文庫ももとせ Momotose, a Japanese tea café + store, 2012 designed by nMAKE inc. coton design. archived by Althea Carlin. Depicts a chubby cat sitting in the shape of a peach. From “Logos from Japan,” published by Counter-Print.

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 8d

Black Panthers poster, 1970. archived by Crystal Simone from Swann Galleries

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 9d

Students from Western Washington University researched and animated artifacts from The Archive as part of their introductory Motion Design course. Read more on the blog in a post by PGDA intern @is00c.496. peoplesgdarchive . org/blog
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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 9d

Menu & Matchbook Designs for La Fonda del Sol restaurant designed by Alexander Girard, 1960s

"Girard’s progressive approach to design resonates still: the idea of a changeable logo in myriad versions of the sun motif he devised in 1960 for NYC restaurant La Fonda Del Sol."

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 10d

AIGA Kansas City celebrated its A20 Design Awards and Gala this week. Congrats, KCMO! Enjoy a collection from the Kansas City Design Archive in our Collections, including these great logos, Hallmark calendar, and poster. @aigakc Thanks to archivist, Kathy Kelley.

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 10d

Look Who's Back book cover design by Johannes Wiebel, 2014. Archived by Jun Ito

"Wiebel meticulously uses negative space with two simple colors; black and white, depicting Adolf Hitler's head only using his hair, and the title of the book as his mustache."

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 11d

Map of the World, c. 500 BCE archived by Hailey McDermott
"This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world. Babylon is shown in the centre (rectangle in top half of circle), Assyria, Elam, and other places." from Abu Habba
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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 12d

Djakarta Fair Poster 1969. archived by Bayu Ari Prasetyo.
in the collection of Legislatif Jaya Magazines.

"Pekan Raya Jakarta (PRJ) or Jakarta Fair is the largest annual exhibition in Southeast Asia. The fair took in 1969 lasted for 71 days."

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 13d

“Resonancias de la Lucha: Ecos de la Epopeya Sinaloense” (“Resonances of the Struggle: Echoes of the Sinaloan Epic”) book cover, 1931. designer unknown.

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 13d

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 14d

Tehran International Poster Biennial — نمایشگاه دو سالانه بین الملی پوستر تهران designed by Maryam Khosrovani, 2004. archived by Roshanak Keyghobadi @Roshanakkeyghobadi

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 15d

Be Sure And Get Your Flu Shot by Eugene Payne, January 1969. archived by Katelyn Dooley

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“A political cartoon from The Charlotte Observer calls for the public to get their flu shots.”

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 16d

Angry Arts Against the War Peace Walk poster by Hardy Hanson, 1967

social media post by eve sage

“Creative protest activities in 1967 against the Vietnam War included readings, screenings, performances, + sale of paintings on display at the Peace Tower.”

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 17d

White Rabbit Candy (大白兔奶糖) packaging, 1959, designed by Jiang Aizhou and archived by TAO.

“White Rabbit Candy (大白兔奶糖) is a Chinese candy produced by Shanghai Guanshengyuan Food Co. The designer was from the company’s Technology and Art Department.”

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 18d

[NEW UPLOAD]archived by Ruitsu Kishida.

Hi-lite Cigarette Package designed in 1960 by Makoto Wada.

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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 18d

Keep Clean poster, 1939 from Federal Art Project, designed by Erik Hans Krause

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