People‘s Graphic Design Archive
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Come Out! Come Out! Wherever You Are! Poster by ACT UP; June 23, 1990 archived by Queer Commune @aqueercommune
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Reebok Shoes designed by Keith Haring, c 2013 archived by UF x Design @UFDesigners Reebok collaborated with Keith Haring, an openly gay man and artist who incorporated themes of sexuality and inclusivity into his work before the AIDS epidemic. images from HypeBeast
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Blueboy cover, Oct 1978 American gay men’s publication 1974–2007. Often compared to Playboy for gay audience, combined erotic photography w articles on culture, entertainment, politics, + LGBTQ issues Image: AbeBooks Archived by @marinabyocean
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Stenciled Lavender Menace shirt from Lesbian Herstory Archives, 1971 Activists (including Rita Mae Brown, Barbara Love + other members of Gay Liberation Front) reclaimed the term "lavender menace" by interrupting a NOW meeting wearing shirts with stenciled type.
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gay is angry poster, 1971 archived by UF x Design designed by Juan Carlos Vidal “Cover of a calendar produced by the Third World Gay Revolution, which was organized in 1970 by Black and Latino members of the Gay Liberation Front.”
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Gay Love Needs Care Poster by Gay Community Services Center Los Angeles; Circa 1971 archived by Queer Commune @aqueercommune with photograph by Anthony Enton Friedkin
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What is a lesbian? poster by Fierce Pussy “fierce pussy is a collective of queer women artists which started in New York in 1991. The founders were all deeply involved in AIDS activism and brought lesbian identity and visibility“ V&A
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Issue One, Gay Power designed by Jary Jernegan, 1969 archived by Cat Espejo “Queer design is an important part of graphic design history that challenges traditional ideas of what design should be.”
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The Earth, Belonging to Nobody poster by Shin Matsunaga, 1989 archived by Team 10
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13th Moon Underground Literary Magazine, c. 1972 archived by Laura Andrews “Beverly Dahlen founded the journal as a platform for feminist writers and artists. It was distrubuted through feminist bookstores, grassroots networks, and word-of-mouth.”
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📚 Help us write the history of design. The People's Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced archive that captures stories, artifacts, and movements that shaped our field. By donating, you’re helping preserve the history of graphic design for generations to come. Donate now!
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Marlon Riggs' Tongues Untied Poster by Emma Center; September 29th, 1992 archived by Queer Commune @aqueercommune “Anarchist run storefront + community center in Minneapolis 1992–95; hosted shows, organized mutual aid, hub for queer and trans events at a time when few existed.”
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The Invisible Circus poster for Glide Church by Dave Hodges of The Diggers, 1967, San Francisco. screenprint
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11 days ago
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U.S.A. Surpasses All the Genocide Records, flag by Marc Morrel, 1967 archived by Imani Estrada “Exhibited alongside Faith Ringgold, Jean Toche & Jon Hendricks (Judson Three), who were arrested for flag desecration, protesting Vietnam War and laws surrounding the American flag.”
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Vietnam War Memorial by Maya Lin, 1982 images from Maya Lin Studio “21-year old Maya Lin won a competition for the memorial. It stands out for using typography instead of figurative sculpture. Thousands of names set in all capital Optima (Hermann Zapf).”
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Sketches and final cover for The American Democrat, Vintage Books, 1956 designed by Paul Rand, Collage on paper Archived by @marinabyocean From Artsy
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Blocks in Super Mario Series Archived by JIawen Wang Blocks that have letters on them are usually the ones you can grab and carry around. Blocks that have no letters on them are usually for you to stand on, go in, or use for in other ways.
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Poster by David Byrd, 1968 (Poster House Collection)
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Next Logo by Paul Rand, 1986 archived by Angie Hornback “While this may not be Paul Rand’s most memorable work, the way he presented it was remarkable. Rand created a 100-page proposal where he explained in detail the process that led to the final product.”
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Cafe lmnop Drag Show Advert, c, 1980 Archived by Dj Cruz “An ad for a drag show held at Cafe lmnop in historical Lexington, Kentucky. Designed by Bill Widener Jr., whose signature illustration style only uses black on a bright colored background.”
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17 days ago
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PARCO department store advertisement designed by Yoshio Hasegawa with illustrations by Harumi Yamaguchi, 1977
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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication album cover, 1999 designed by Lawrence Azerrad. Archied by Team 12 Archive “…symbolizes the artificiality and ‘inverted’ reality of Hollywood.”
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Day-Glo ad found in Print magazine, July/August 1970 archived by Volumes @volumes.designlibrary Information on how Day-Glo can be used with flexography, gravure, offset printing, and letterpress
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Let’s Put Broccoli in the White House Again “Eat It, George” Bumpersticker from Burlington VT, 1992 archived by Susan Post “During his tenure, Bush frequently mentioned his distaste for broccoli.”
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The Albatross Modern Continental Library Archived by @marinabyocean “The paperback book may seem mundane, but thoughtful design can elevate it. Penguin Classics is known for its effective use of color, a system originally developed by Albatross Books.”
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Rising Up Angry, vol. 2, no. 2, 1970 archived by Geoff Kaplan
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Handle with Care, Corita Kent, 1967, screenprint “In the 1960s & 70s, she drew language from advertising & food packaging, recombining slogans to reveal poetic and critical meanings. The supermarket became her reference point.” From Corita Art Center Archived by @marinabyocean
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“Won't You Give My Boy a Chance to Get Home?” poster from 1944 archived by Amelia from U.S. Government Printing Office and U.S. Office of Defense Transportation from Walter Havighurst Special Collections, at Miami University of Ohio
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Selections from the University of Oregon’s collection of Mother’s Day pow wow posters created from 1977 to 2017 archived by Sophia Kaady
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I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier Sheet Music cover, 1915 archived by Liz Dietz “This was the cover art for a series of anti-war songs by both Al Piantadosi and Alfred Bryan. They were songs that added to the anti-war movement during WWI”
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Check out yo' mind! print created by Dana C. Chandler Jr. in 1970 archived by Svetlana Dana C. Chandler, Jr. was founder of the African American Master Artists-in Residency Program (AAMARP)
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Print. How You Can Do It Yourself “A practical guide to printing techniques for activists, published by the Inter-Action Advisory Service in 1975” archived by Alan Marshall from Typo Grafix Personal Collection
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Tokyo Subway Map Bilingual, 2003 archived by sapian Designed by Yukio Ota “Each line is depicted with its respective color, the names of stations + lines are written prominently in English, along with the Japanese name (in furigana) included. “
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Queer Ally Button, c 2000 archived by Mary Banas @marybanas University of Connecticut “Ally” button from the early 2000s.
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Tangled Hair みだれ髪, 1901 designed by Fujishima Takeji 藤島武二 archived by Ian Lynam @ianlynam “A diary-book of 399 tanka poems and images showing…the iner workings of Yosano’s life during the time of her sexual awakening“
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Power to The Working Class 8 track packaging, c. 1975 archived by Debbie Berne “8-track tape from the Progressive Labor Party”
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The book of MUJI 無印の本, 1988 by Art Director Ikko Tanaka 田中一光 5 archived by TAO “The book of MUJI (無印の本) reveals the minimalism and no-brand tone, making it one of the most influential design brands in Japan + the world.”
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Poster for The Lesbian Avengers contingent at the yearly Minneapolis Mayday Parade, 1993 archived by Queer Commune @aqueercommune
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South African poster, May Day 1990
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Organization of Afro-American Unity Inc,: Aims & Objectives, 1964 “The purpose of OAAU was to fight for human rights of African Americans and promote cooperation among Africans and people of African descent in the Americas.” Archived by marina menéndez-pidal trittin
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“QUEST: a feminist quarterly” Work, Work, Work issue; 1976–77 —Staying Alive —Sexual Harassment: Working Women's Dilemma —Letters: Who Wants a Piece of the Pie? —We Work, They Profit —The Raise —The Feminist Workplace —Building Feminist Organizations
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Working People Have May Day, by the Milwaukee Silk Screen Collective, 1977 archived by Holly Syrrakos “Unquestionably a May Day poster for the ages. The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at NYU collection, with no attribution.”
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Mozart Sneezes poster by Milton Glaser for Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival in New York City, 1983 “This poster is an example of frame-by-frame visual narrative in which Mozart is motionless and in semi-realistic style—except the 5th frame where jagged lines depict the ‘sneeze.’”
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Bamboo Girl Zine, 1995 by Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan archived by Bridget Boehlke “The manifesto for Bamboo Girl: ‘Challenging racism, sexism, & homophobia from the Filipina/Asian Pacific Islander (API)/Asian mutt feminist point of view since 1995.’"
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De La Soul’s “3 Feet High and Rising” album art by Toby Mott, c. 1989 archived by Drayeson Swanegan “brightly colored hand-drawn flower designs made of Posca pens… intended for the cover to represent new, bright, and moving away from macho hip-hop aesthetics.”
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Postage Stamp by Charles Goslin, archived by Dennis Di Vincenzo “Goslin was an instructor of Graphic Design and Illustration at Pratt Institute from 1966–2007. He was a highly influential instructor having taught over 1,000 students.”
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CBS Advertisment by Lou Dorfsman. from Dorfsman & CBS. New York: American Showcase, 1987. Archived by @marinabyocean
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Whipped Cream & Other Delights record sleeve, 1964 archived by Emiko Benton Produced by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, A&M records. Album designed by Peter Whorf Gaphics. Sold over six million copies and became an important part of pop culture.
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