Design for Obama - Hardcover

Perry-zucker, Aaron; Lee, Spike; Heller, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3836518562 ISBN 13: 9783836518567

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2009

Synopsis

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by Spike Lee, Perry-Zucker, and design historian Steven Heller, this outstanding collection serves as a matchless historical document of the widespread visual creativity that helped spur Obama to victory.

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Review:

"Graphic innovation that helped make history."

About the Author:

Spike Lee is a writer-director, actor, producer and author who revolutionized the role of Black talent in cinema with such films as She's Gotta Have It (1986) and the Oscar-nominated Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992). He has produced and directed numerous documentaries, music videos, commercials, and sports programs; is the creator of the advertising agency Spike/DDB; and is the author of several books. Mr. Lee is a professor and the NYU Graduate Film program, where he is also artistic director. Aaron Perry-Zucker co-founder of Design Think Tank, a design consultancy for non-profit organizations. A graduate of RISD, he started designforobama.org while still a student. He is currently writing a reality TV show, launching a collective poster project, and blogging for fastcompany.com. Steven Heller, the co-chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Designer as Author Program, writes the "Visuals" column for the New York Times Book Review, and is the author of over 120 books on design, illustration, and satiric art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3836518562
• ISBN 13: 9783836518567
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 182