PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The hardcover exhibition catalog, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest, is authored by Silas Munro, with an introduction by Colette Gaiter. The catalog tells the story of graphic design in protest with 250 images, including high-resolution reproductions from Letterform Archive’s collection, archival imagery of the art in action, informative historical features, and a contribution on type by co-curator Stephen Coles. Drawing from existing and newly acquired Letterform Archive collections, Munro and Coles initiated the project on the upswell of the Black Lives Matter protests with a goal to showcase typographic anger and agency as it is seen in the streets, on the printed page, and even on the bodies of demonstrators. The visual history of protest on display will range from nineteenth-century antislavery broadsides to the colorful affiches of the Paris 1968 uprising, from the revolutionary Black Panther newspaper to the public awareness posters of the AIDS crisis.

Designed by Munro with Brian Johnson, Michelle Lamb, and Randa Hadi of Polymode, it features the custom typeface Equals by Tré Seals of Vocal Type and Polymode Sans designed Ben Kiel and Jesse Ragan of XYZ Type in collaboration with Polymode.

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 7.5 x 9.5

Number of Pages: 280 pages

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Typefaces: Equals by Tré Seals (custom typeface for catalog) and Polymode Sans by XYZ Type (custom typeface for Polymode)

CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: Brian Johnson and Silas Munro

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Book Designer: Brian Johnson, Michelle Lamb, and Silas Munro

Jacket/Cover Designer: Brian Johnson, Michelle Lamb, and Silas Munro

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Photographer: Ian Byers-Gamber

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Other Credits: Audrey Davies - Polymode Studio Manager

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