Thoughts on Democracy

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THOUGHTS ON DEMOCRACYSTUDENT POSTER CHALLENGE WINNERSThe Wolfsonian–FIU, an art and design museum located in Miami, Florida, challenged middle and high school students to visually address an essential question confronting all U.S. citizens in these times. "What are your thoughts on democracy?"The winners of the Thoughts on Democracy Student Poster Challenge are:Middle School CategoryTroy Rivera.

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Elliott Earls Performing at The Wolfsonian Museum. Accompanied by Benjamin Teague.VIP Reception: Friday December 5th. 8 to 9PM.Guest of the Museum:Friday December 5th. 9 to 11PM.Design Marathon Performance:Saturday December 6th 5:30PM

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Francesco Vezzoli (Italian, b. 1971)Rosalynn Carter, 2007Inkjet print and watercolor on canvas with metallic embroideryCourtesy Galleria Franco Noero, TorinoDEMOCRAZY BY FRANCESCO VEZZOLI OPENS AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU OCTOBER 24, 2008How are we manipulated by strategies of political communication? How do issues such as fame and the power of the media play into this dynamic, and what is the role of

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Propaganda has always been with us, but the recent polarization of the electoral landscape and growing sophistication of technology and media marketing savvy, illustrate the ways politics are often swayed by manipulation, doublespeak, and falsehoods. It's time to take a close look at how propaganda distorts perceptions and how it can move a nation to positive action.Join us for an afternoon of

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What are your thoughts on democracy? The Wolfsonian–FIU, an art and design museum located in Miami, Florida, challenges middle and high school students throughout the nation to visually address an essential question confronting all U.S. citizens in these times.Challenge guidelines:Two entries accepted per school (You decide how to democratically select them.)Accompanied by

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Add some art and gather your thoughts on democracy during your next vacation! Posters from the exhibition Thoughts on Democracy are now on display at Miami International Airport, on the second level at the Concourse D Federal Inspection Services area past the security checkpoint. The exhibit is a component of the broader mia Galleries Exhibition Program, and will be open for the next six months

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Wear Thoughts on Democracy on your sleeve...or backpack...or baseball hat...or any where you can pin a button!Selecting from their Thoughts on Democracy poster, the kate spade, new york team has created a collection of fun, quirky, and patriotic buttons. Choose one or many of the buttons (which come in a variety of sizes, colors, and statements) to project your own individual thoughts on

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Iron Fists, the new book by Thoughts on Democracy co-curator Steve Heller, was just published yesterday, but has already received attention for its bold comparison the political propaganda of some of the world's "worst" dictators - Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin, and Mao Tse-Tung - and modern corporate branding. Although focused on much darker subject matter, Iron Fists relates to the Thoughts on

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Tune in to WLRN (91.3 FM) TODAY, Friday, August 1st, to hear contributor Judith Bishop's review of The Wolfsonian's new exhibitions. Thoughts on Democracy and other Wolfsonian shows will be discussed on WLRN's "South Florida Arts Beat" at 1pm.If you aren't near a radio but want to listen to the show, you can listen online at www.wlrn.org. Just click on "Listen Online, 91.3" at the top of the page

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Can’t get enough Thoughts on Democracy, but don’t have enough wall space for a poster? Check out these ToD inspired products created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky, one of the exhibition contributors. Exclusively on sale at The Wolfsonian’s Dynamo Museum Shop and Café, these interactive products stimulate your creativity in thinking about your own “thoughts on democracy.”Thoughts on Democracy Ad

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Voted “Best Bookstore” in Miami by the New Times, The Dynamo Museum Shop and Café is (in)famous for its “propaganda products” and book collection – which include design periodicals, exhibition catalogs, banned books and other titillating titles. Now, books by and about Thoughts on Democracy artists have been added to the Dynamo shelves. From essays and art books, to do-it-yourself design and

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Next time you are shopping at The Aventura Mall, don’t forget to visit the second floor space outside of Nordstrom’s to view selected posters from the Thoughts on Democracy exhibit! The Thoughts on Democracy exhibit at The Aventura Mall is co-presented by Turnberry for the Arts, and will be on view through the end of August 2008.

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As has been widely reported, the July 21, 2008 cover of the New Yorker magazine has been become a major subject of debate and controversy. Illustrated by Barry Blitt and entitled “The Politics of Fear,” the cover depicts presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as caricatures of anti-American sentiment, illustrating some of the accusations that have been attributed to them

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Based on interest from Thoughts on Democracy enthusiasts, The Wolfsonian's museum shop and cafe, The Dynamo, is now taking orders for posters from the exhibit.All of the posters from the exhibit will be printed in 16" x 20" format for $25 plus shipping and handling. Posters will be printed as ordered, and will be available at the end of July.To place an order, please contact the museum shop

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During the exhibition opening on July 3rd, 2008, visitors were asked to share their own "Thoughts on Democracy." The following videos represent a selection of visitors' ideas about democracy, and reflect the range of perspectives and conversations that the Thoughts on Democracy exhibition has sparked.Contributing artist George Mill shares his Thoughts on Democracy

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Last week, over 250 people visited The Wolfsonian-FIU to attend the member's preview and exhibition opening of Thoughts on Democracy. With a mixed crowd of young and old, families and singles, artists and patrons of the arts, attendees at the opening enjoyed classic American refreshments while viewing the posters on display. Find more pictures from the event on The Wolfsonian's Flickr account.

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Today is the member's preview of Thoughts on Democracy and A Bittersweet Decade: The New Deal in America, 1933-43. The event takes place at The Wolfsonian-FIU (1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) from 6:30-8:30pm. Free for Wolfsonian members, guests of members $10. RSVP 305.535.2631 or rsvp@thewolf.fiu.edu The exhibitions will officially open to the public on July 5th.Please note, the museum

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To celebrate the Fourth of July, Thoughts of Democracy will be delivered to your door in the July 4th edition of The Miami Herald.

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Campbell McGrath is the author of seven books of poetry, including Seven Notebooks and Florida Poems. His many awards include Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundation fellowships and the Kingsley Tufts Prize. His work has been published in The New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s, and on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times, as well as in the Paris Review and other literary journals. He lives in Miami Beach

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After visiting the exhibition opening at The Wolfsonian, head to The Aventura Mall to view a selection from Thoughts on Democracy outside the museum walls. Opening for Independence Day, and on display thorugh August 2008, works from Thoughts on Democracy will be exhibited in The Aventura Mall, next to Nordstrom's on the second floor of the mall.Current View...Coming soon...In the spirit of

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There is 1 Day until Thoughts on Democracy opens at The Wolfsonian!Get ready for the opening by "browsing" the lobby walls! Click on the images to enlarge the size.North Lobby Wall South Lobby Wall

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There are 2 Days until Thoughts on Democracy opens at The Wolfsonian!Preparations for the opening continue...

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There are 3 Days until Thoughts on Democracy opens at The Wolfsonian!In addition to Thoughts on Democracy, another exhibition will open at The Wolfsonian-FIU on July 5th:A BITTERSWEET DECADE: THE NEW DEAL IN AMERICA, 1933–43On view beginning July 5, 2008 through January 19, 2009, A Bittersweet Decade commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the New Deal, considers the impact of Franklin D.

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There are 6 Days until Thoughts on Democracy opens at The Wolfsonian!The walls are painted, the layout is set, and the posters are ready...

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There are 7 Days until Thoughts on Democracy opens at The Wolfsonian!For a "sneak peek" of the show, check out Tim Hossler's artist's rendering to see how the lobby at The Wolfsonian will be transformed...Before ToD...After ToD...

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The Thoughts on Democracy exhibition will open to the public on July 5th

I really, really struggled with this one. I was torn between pursuing two different concepts‹first, the lack of these freedoms in other countries; second, a caution about the abuse of these freedoms in the US. I ultimately went with the latter. The point is that every day we see how these freedoms can not only be taken for granted, but that they can be twisted to harmful ends by the very people

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As the Rockwell and Thoughts on Democracy posters illustrate, design can influence politics (and politics can influence design). Steven Heller, one of the co-curators of the Thoughts on Democracy exhibit, addresses this relationship in the context of the current presidential campaign in his recent NY Times article, "From Mousepads to Piggybanks". From Mousepads to Piggy Banks (NY Times; May 4,

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Tag, comment, and share images and posters from Thoughts on Democracy with Flickr!To contribute your own photos to the Thoughts on Democracy Flickr site, use the tag "Thoughts on Democracy."

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See all of the Thoughts on Democracy posters on YouTube!

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THOUGHTS ON DEMOCRACY EXHIBITION DEBUTS JULY 5, 2008 AT THE WOLFSONIAN–FIU 60 Contemporary Artists and Designers Offer Interpretations of Norman Rockwell’s Iconic “Four Freedoms” PostersMIAMI BEACH, FL (May 29, 2008) - The Wolfsonian–Florida International University announces Thoughts on Democracy, an innovative initiative that brings together 60 renowned contemporary artists and designers to

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University (The Wolfsonian-FIU)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14663375456035588746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857446043808025185.post-63238978422222841092008-06-11T11:39:00.000-07:002008-06-11T12:55:14.472-07:00Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" Speech

On January 6, 1941, United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented his annual State of the Union Address to Congress. Presented when the United States was on the brink of entering into World War II, Roosevelt’s speech has become known as the “Four Freedoms” speech for the President’s enunciation of the “four essential human freedoms:” freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom

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Inspired by FDR’s 1941 “Four Freedoms” speech, American illustrator Norman Rockwell created his iconic “Four Freedoms” paintings in 1943. Like much of Rockwell’s work, these paintings were popularized by The Saturday Evening Post, which published the paintings with corresponding essays that same year (Freedom of Speech published February 20; Freedom of Worship published February 27; Freedom of

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Agey Tomesh Design Bureau was founded in Moscow by Arseny Mescheryakov in 1990 and later evolved into an art group. In autumn 2000, Agey Tomesh opened Gallery 259 where showed its own projects, experimenting with digital and reproduction technologies while also developing a concept of collective and pseudonymous authorship. Continuing to work with digital and reproductive technologies, in 2002

Ruth Ansel, an art director and designer, has collaborated over four decades with international artists and photographers including Richard Avedon, Diane Arbus, Helmut Newton, Andy Warhol, Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, and David Hockney. She started out as co-art director of Harper’s Bazaar with Bea Feitler in the 1960s...She went on to art direct the New York Times Magazine, House and Garden,

Daniel Arsham is an artist who works and lives in Miami and New York. His solo exhibitions include: Something Light, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam; Playground, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris; Playground, Gertrude Street, Melbourne; Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part II, MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, Miami; and Building Schmuilding, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami. Among his group exhibitions are:

In my poster, I wanted to highlight the four freedoms promoted in Norman Rockwell’s four posters and stress the responsibility everyone has as a citizen to protect those rights by voting. The sans serif all-typography style is in homage to the propaganda posters of the Constructivist period of the early twentieth century.Jacques Auger is a graphic designer who received his BFA from the

Justin Beal received a BA in Architecture from Yale and an MFA from the University of Southern California. He also attended the Whitney Independent Studio Program and the Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting. He recently had his first solo exhibition at ACME in Los Angeles. Past group exhibitions include Records Played Backwards, The Modern Institute, Glasgow; Past-Forward, Zabludowicz

Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake city, now lives in New York, His works are in museum collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Atheneum; the Whitney, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Princeton, Harvard, and Yale universities; Graphische Sammlung, Munich, and others worldwide, as well as more than one hundred private collections.

Félix Beltrán was born in Havana and is currently a Mexican citizen. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts, New York and the American Art School, New York and also studied at the Art Students League, New York and the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid. He is an internationally known graphic designer whose works have been included in 461 collective exhibitions, 67 individual exhibitions and in

R. O. Blechman is an illustrator whose work has appeared on fourteen covers of The New Yorker, forty covers of Story Magazine, and in the pages of the New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Elle, and Fortune, among other leading publications. He has had one-man shows in Paris, Munich, and New York. The author of seven graphic novels, his animated films were given a retrospective at The

Matthew Brannon in an artist based in New York City whose work turns on the opposition—and ever-mounting imbrication—of art and design. After an early stint as a painter, he began to draw his inspiration from those printed materials that mediate everyday life in late-capitalist, early twenty-first- century America, from posters and advertisements to promotional flyers and take-out menus. But if

Neville Brody, the British designer and art director, has been at the forefront of graphic design for over two decades. Initially working in record cover design, Brody made his name largely through his revolutionary work as art director for The Face magazine. Other international magazine directions have included...City Limits, Lei, Per Lui, Actuel, and Arena, together with London’s The Times &

Philip Brooker is an artist, art director, illustrator, and filmmaker. He was an illustrator and art director at the Miami Herald for twenty-five years. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the Washington Post, New York Times, New York Times Sophisticated Traveler, Atlantic Monthly, U.S. News and World Report, and Business Week. His paintings and photographs have

Ken Carbone, co-founder and chief creative director of the Carbone Smolan Agency, is among America’s most respected graphic designers, whose work is known for its clarity, intelligence, and effectiveness. He has built an international reputation creating outstanding programs for world-class clients, including...Tiffany & Co., W.L. Gore, Herman Miller, PBS, Christie’s, Nonesuch Records, the W

"The Wikipedia Revision History of the Term 'Freedom of Speech'" is perhaps the smallest and greatest evidence of both the unassailability and fungibility of the term. Certainly the various revision entries are riddled with what Wikipedia calls "vandalism" (and the consequent reversion entries aimed at returning things to where they were), but the notion that anyone with access to the internet

As director of The Pushpin Group, Seymour Chwast has reintroduced graphic styles and transformed them into a contemporary vocabulary. His designs and illustrations have been used in advertising, animated films, and editorial, corporate, and environmental graphics. He has created over one hundred posters and has written or illustrated more than thirty children’s books.

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Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B), a member of the MDC Partners Network, is a collaborative of writers, designers, and media-agnostic content creators and managers with factories in both Miami and Boulder and additional offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, and London. CP+B is perhaps best known for its work with...Burger King, Volkswagen, and as the creator of the “truth” anti-tobacco campaign, as well

Wim Crouwel is an artist, designer, professor, and museum director. Trained at the Art Academy Minerva and the Amsterdam Art Academy, he began his professional life as an abstract painter before becoming a designer. His long and rich career includes...establishing a studio with the industrial designer Kho Liang Ie; becoming the first general secretary of Icograda in 1963; and cofounding Total

Alan Dye is a designer who worked for various advertising and design agencies, including a four-year stint at Ogilvy’s Brand Integration Group, before becoming design director of kate spade in 2004. Dye’s group was responsible for the overall...aesthetic of the brand, from the advertising campaign and the website to the paper line and the home collection. Recently, Dye moved to San Francisco

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Liberty Weeps was inspired by Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People." In this piece, Liberty is embodied in the innocence of a crying child. Is Liberty crying for the victims of September 11th? Is Liberty crying over the loss of civil liberties in the War on Terror? Is Liberty crying for our fallen soldiers in Iraq or for the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay? The open nature of the language

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Manuel Estrada began his career in architecture before moving to design and founding a design studio in Madrid. His studio produces a range of graphic projects including work for...El Museo del Traje de Madrid (Madrid's Costume Museum), the graphic identity of Premios Cervantes (Cervantes’ Prize), and the Christmas street lights for Madrid, with the word “peace” written in thirty-five languages.

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The slogan “Loose Lips Build Ships” is a collision of two iconic WWII posters: the “Freedom of Speech” poster as painted by Rockwell, and the “Loose Lips Sink Ships” poster, the US Office of War Information's attempt to limit the possibility of people inadvertently giving useful information to enemy spies.On the one hand, our contribution is a tribute to the concept of freedom of speech: the idea

It’s a highly skewed version of 1940s show-card lettering. Only Steven Heller would probably know what connections it makes, I can't even tell you myself! Edward Fella is an artist and graphic designer known for his eccentric letterforms and compositions—his work has had an important influence on contemporary typography in the U.S. and in Europe. A self-described “commercial artist,” Fella began

Liam Gillick is an artist based in London and New York. Solo exhibitions include The Wood Way, Whitechapel Gallery, London; A short text on the possibility of creating an economy of equivalence, Palais de Tokyo; and the retrospective project Three Perspectives and a short scenario, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Kunsthalle, Zurich, and MCA, Chicago. Selected group exhibitions include Singular Forms,

Robert Grossman is a New York–based illustrator and cartoonist who has done cover illustrations for more than five hundred issues of national magazines such as Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, and The New Republic. Today his work can be seen regularly in the Nation, New York Times, and New York Observer. He received a BA from Yale and worked briefly as assistant to New Yorker

Adler Guerrier lives and works in Miami. He received his BFA from the University of Florida/New World School of the Arts. Guerrier has been included in many group exhibitions including the Whitney Biennial 2008, Conditions of Display at the Moore Space and at Locust Projects; and 10 Floridians at Miami Art Central. He has had solo exhibitions at Miami Art Museum and at Newman Popiashvili Gallery,

Kit Hinrichs is a partner in the international design firm, Pentagram, and has been an influential force in graphic design for more than three decades. Hinrichs has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York and the California College of Arts in San Francisco. His work has been widely published internationally and several of his pieces are part of the permanent collections of the Museum of

Tim Hossler is the originator, coordinator, and co-curator of Thoughts on Democracy. He is the former in-house art director for photographer Annie Leibovitz and helped create her memorable images, books, and exhibitions from the mid-1990s through the early 2000s. As an independent art director in New York City he worked with many photographers including Richard Avedon, Steve Hiett, and Martin

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Kind Company is an independent print and web design practice based in Brooklyn, New York. Since 2004, partners Patricia Belen and Greg D’Onofrio have been using design to help small- to medium-sized businesses communicate their ideas, products, and services. From art galleries to restaurants, retailers to online archives and nonprofit organizations, their work embodies the belief that good design

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Craig Kucia is a Miami-based painter who received his BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, studied at the Edinburgh School of Art, and received a post-graduate diploma from Chelsea School of Art. He has had work exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the country including Green Naftali, New York; Blum and Poe, Los Angeles; Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami; the Miami Art Museum; the Art

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Guillermo Kuitca lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and is one of Latin America’s leading contemporary artists. Inspired by the worlds of architecture, theater, and cartography, his work has been exhibited extensively around the world...His first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. was a one-man show, Projects 30, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1991. He exhibits regularly at Sperone

It’s very difficult to make an image based on such iconic imagery as the Rockwell paintings. It’s a tough act to follow. What I wanted to do was to simplify the message a bit, and update the message by illustrating a more racially varied constituency.Anita Kunz, Canadian by birth, has lived in London, New York, and Toronto, contributing to magazines and working for design firms, book publishers,

Adam Lewin is an illustrator and an art director by day and a fine artist when the sun goes down. He has worked independently and on staff at Chiat Day, BBH, and Saatchi & Saatchi. His work has been published in annuals such as AIGA, Type Directors Club, Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, and Archive. He has studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Pratt Institute, and New York

Italo Lupi, an architect by training, devoted himself to graphic design from the start of his career. He was formerly art director of Domus magazine and editor-in-chief and art director of Abitare, an international magazine on architecture, art, and design. Together with Achille Castiglioni he designed the general settings of the XVI Triennale of Milan and the exhibition Venezia e la sua laguna

Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, and graphic designer. She is director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, where she also serves as director of the Center for Design Thinking. As curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum since 1992, she has produced numerous exhibitions and books, including...Mechanical Brides

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Bobby C. Martin Jr. is co-founder of OCD, a design partnership fully immersed in a limited number of projects. Recently, he served as design director of Jazz at Lincoln Center where his focus was on developing the brand by visualizing the music, a challenge...that extended across print and advertising as well as venue and exhibit design. Martin previously worked at Ogilvy & Mather’s Brand

Richard Massey is a graphic designer living and working in Miami whose work has been based on researching the re-use of modernism’s most iconic expressions for design applications. One notable example is his design for Cabinet magazine’s logo, which is derived from the fragmented elements and ligatures of an early twentieth century stencil often used in Le Corbusier’s architectural drawings and

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Severe, High, Elevated, Guarded, Low.The National Terror Alert System was designed to induce fear and thereby perpetuate the status quo. It encourages discrimination and profiling and this image simply decodes its intention.By placing “We the People” within this context, the”we” is defined as clearly exclusionary and prejudicial.Chaz Maviyane-Davies has been described by the UK’s Design magazine

I like my design to focus on public awareness on serious issues for all the world.We designers don’t have the power of the politicians, but we can use our communication skill[s] to induce people to a reflection and possibly to a reaction. For this reason, in my work I look for the extreme synthesis, which I call "from the eye to the heart,” and I particularly liked to participate in this project

FREEDOM: Certain Restrictions ApplyInspiration for this project was a series of posters the "Four Freedoms" by Norman Rockwell, which celebrated the basic values of civil society and democracy. These posters offered a romanticized view which was appropriate for the times when people comprehended democracy in [a] more idealistic fashion.Today we live in the world of "promises for sale". In the

Mark Moskovitz is an artist practicing in Cleveland, Ohio. His recent work demonstrates both a continued faith and certain skepticism in the object. He often creates pieces that remind us of our forgotten roots and the slow pleasures...in artifacts that keep us connected to the essentials of our existence: food, water, clothing, and shelter. The work is often rendered with a mixture of high and

Number Seventeen, a multidisciplinary design studio, was founded by Bonnie Siegler and Emily Oberman in 1993. Some of their recent work includes...the logo and branding for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; the opening sequence for Saturday Night Live; the conceptualization and design of the website veryshortlist.com; the logo and design of the topical humor web site 23/6: the Sex and

Michael Rock, a writer and designer, is a founding partner and creative director at 2x4 and director of the GAP: Graphic Architecture Project at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture. He is also a professor of Design (adjunct) at the Yale University School of Art where he has taught...for seventeen years; before that he taught at the Rhode Island School of Design. At 2x4, he leads a

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Freedom to Love addresses our ability to passively accept government classification of people based on their sexual orientation. Discriminated against for loving a partner of the same sex, I cannot marry my partner, adopt a child with her, file taxes with her, or retain the legal right to visit her bedside should she fall ill. Only 12 of 50 states prohibit discrimination based on sexual

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Inspired by the four posters of freedoms drawn by Norman Rockwell, I have addedthe most important kind of freedom for the present time.That is “Freedom to Imagine.” Nothing should prevent imagination. Imagination creates the future. Imagination cultivates technology. Imagination saves the environment. Imagination protects human rights. Imagination prevents battles. Imagination creates

Yesterday's role played by Norman Rockwell posters on Freedom is played today by computer screensEnric Satué, a graphic designer, writer, and curator based in Barcelona, is the first graphic designer to receive Spain’s National Design Prize, in 1988...He has taught at the San Jordi Catalan Royal Academy of Fine Arts and is a professor of Typography and Graphic Design at the Pompeu Fabra

Paula Scher has been a principal in the New York office of the distinguished international design consultancy Pentagram since 1991. She began her career as an art director in the 1970s, when her eclectic approach to typography became highly influential...In the mid-1990s her landmark identity for The Public Theater fused high and low into a wholly new symbology for cultural institutions and won

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It is an attempt to show how few democracies there are in the world todayAdrian Shaughnessy is a self-taught graphic designer based in London. He spent fifteen years as creative director of Intro, the design studio he co-founded. In 2004 he left to pursue...an interest in writing and to work as an independent design consultant. Today he runs ShaughnessyWorks, a consultancy combining design and

Helene Silverman began her career as senior designer at Mademoiselle magazine, then became design director of Metropolis magazine from 1985-89, for which she received a gold medal from the Society of Publication Designers. She was a founding member of Hello Studio, a design co-op formed in 1989. Clients have included ...Abrams, Random House, Hyperion, Penguin, and Chronicle books; Atlantic,

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The kate spade, new york creative team is the force behind the company’s clean, elegant style, creating everything from logos to advertising campaigns. Other work includes the kate spade website, stationery, tabletop, and accessories collections, where the team’s design approach is infused with a telltale sense of humor.

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SpotCo is a New York City–based advertising agency and design studio that specializes in creating artwork and campaigns for Broadway theater. At any given time, the company handles roughly half the shows on the “Great White Way,” including...Rent, Chicago, Avenue Q, In the Heights, and the upcoming musicals Shrek, Billy Elliott, and 9 to 5. Creative director of design Gail Anderson served as

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Joshua Ray Stephens is a designer by training, a cartoonist by vocation, an educator by edict, an artist by accident, and a philosopher by autodidaction....He has lectured, exhibited, and been published internationally. Born and raised in Georgia, he earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia. He then worked and studied at Fabrica, Benetton’s internationally acclaimed

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Luke Stettner is a Brooklyn-based photographer and writer, and co-founder of the online art journal www.thehighlights.org. Yoonjai Choi is a graphic designer who works for the design studio 2x4 and also collaborates on independent projects with other artists. She was born in Seoul, and currently lives in New York City.

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OF/FROM/FROM/OFThis poster uses words--from FDR's speech and Rockwell's posters--distilled into calls to action that are still relevant and urgent today. The typography was inspired both by traditional "show print" posters and the I AM A MAN signs from Martin Luther King's 1968 march in Memphis. Two of these calls to action are usually heard from the left. They appear in blue. The other two, more

Designers Eddie Opara, James Mckinnon, and Salvador Orara from The Map Office in New York City collaborated on a poster. British-born Eddie Opara is a partner and creative director at Map, with a background in multiple design areas. His projects...include designing large print/packaging projects, environmental graphics and branding for clients such as the Brooklyn Museum, Studio Museum Harlem,

Richard Tuttle is an internationally known American post-minimalist artist known for his small, subtle, intimate works. His art deals with issues of scale and the classic problems of line. In 2005, Tuttle had a major retrospective spanning his forty-year career at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibit also traveled to the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Francesco Vezzoli’s body of work includes video installations and petit-point embroideries, mixing heterogeneous languages and genres, bringing together pop icons, auteur cinema, art history, and political and private issues. His works...have been presented in many major international exhibitions including the Venice Biennial (49th, 51st, and 52nd), Performa07, the 2006 Whitney Biennial, the 6th

The only fear I experience these days comes from my own governmentJames Victore is a self-taught, independent artist and designer. Design clients include... Moet & Chandon, Aveda, Apple, Yohji Yamamoto, Yamaha, the New York Times, and the School of Visual Arts. Currently, Victore is designing a line of original, hand-painted surfboards. Awards include an Emmy for television animation, a gold

LIFE • LIBERTY • & • THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESSN'EST-CE-PAS?Lawrence Weiner is a central figure in the history of conceptual art, whose work often takes the form of typographic texts. The first presentation ...of his work was in Mill Valley, California in 1960. He spent much of the late 1950s and 1960s traveling throughout North America. He participates in public and private projects and

William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand are partners in Winterhouse, a design studio in northwest Connecticut. Their work focuses on publishing and editorial development, new media, and cultural, educational, and literary institutions. Recent clients include...The Poetry Foundation, The New Yorker, New England Journal of Medicine, Yale School of Management, Teach for America, University of Chicago

Vadim Zakharov was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and graduated from the Moscow State Teachers Training Institute. He is an artist, editor, collector, and archivist of Moscow’s conceptual art scene. Zakharov’s work can be compared to a labyrinth; it...branches out into a multitude of details, so that in the end, the spectator does not feel that he is in a park or an archive, but in a jungle of

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The Wolfsonian-Florida International University asked sixty leading contemporary artists and graphic designers to create a ‘graphic remix’ of Norman Rockwell’s "Four Freedom" Posters.

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