Mark McGinnis, who helped adults remember their ABCs with his irreverent 2010 Alphabet Series (“A” is for Atomic, “B” is for Blow, and “C” is for Camel Toe), is debuting a new set of colorful prints called the “Master Debaters” series at SCP’s Design Department Store exhibition as part of the London Design Festival. “Each print is like a character in a play,” says McGinnis. …
If designer James Victore is right and advertisers do think you’re stupid, artist Robert Montgomery shows where they’re missing out. His poetic text-based works—which he typically plasters across existing billboards—are hardly dumbed down or subliminal. Instead, Montgomery challenges the general public with eloquent statements on relevant topics spanning world politics to modern hipster aesthetic. This summer Montgomery is taking over Berlin with a new range …
The ideological imagery from the height of Communist rule in central and Eastern Europe has become a familiar motif in the west in the decades since its fall. From the illustrations of bourgeois fat cats to the classic “Niet” posters depicting a stern and handsome man refusing alcohol, the political and cultural lines drawn by these materials are clear. What is less recognized on this …
