This is one of those websites I have read and reread over and over again, ever since I was back at the University of Virginny. . . heck, I even exchanged e-mails a few times with the good professor, who gave me advice on trying to specialize in propaganda studies and writing my master's thesis (specifically that it was gonna' be tough - it was, and now I study warfare). Regardless, this website, well, its flat awesome. If you're fascinated by how good design can be used to convince good people to do ungood things, well, bam, here you go. I'm always impressed, by the by, by two elements of Chinese propaganda: its utter lack of subtlety or irony and its so-very-odd blend of Socialist realism with classical (popular) Chinese color schemes. I dunno'. I hope you enjoy it.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages
This is one of those websites I have read and reread over and over again, ever since I was back at the University of Virginny. . . heck, I even exchanged e-mails a few times with the good professor, who gave me advice on trying to specialize in propaganda studies and writing my master's thesis (specifically that it was gonna' be tough - it was, and now I study warfare). Regardless, this website, well, its flat awesome. If you're fascinated by how good design can be used to convince good people to do ungood things, well, bam, here you go. I'm always impressed, by the by, by two elements of Chinese propaganda: its utter lack of subtlety or irony and its so-very-odd blend of Socialist realism with classical (popular) Chinese color schemes. I dunno'. I hope you enjoy it.
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