Posts Tagged with "London"

A Century of Olympic Poster Design

May 26, 2008

More than 100 Olympic posters, including work by heavyweight artists like David Hockney and the late Andy Warhol are on display at The V&A Museum of Childhood in London.

No Logo Cities

March 3, 2008

As of January 1st 2007, megalopolis São Paulo became the world’s first city to completely ban outdoor advertising. Under the city’s “Lei Cidade Limpa” or Clean City Law, flashing neon signage, billboards and electronic panels are all prohibited. Strict guidelines even regulate the size of permissible signage for storefronts. In a short time, the city [...]

The Decapitator

January 7, 2008

Guerrilla artist the Decapitator has been making his/her mark on the streets of London by beheading high-profile advertisements around the city, leaving only bloody stumps.
As mentioned in Wired’s article “Culture-Jamming Decapitator Hacks London Ads“, “The Decapitator’s culture jamming pieces are reminiscent of the style of popaganda artist Ron English, whose seminal work in billboard subvertising [...]

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