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24.06.2019
A CALL TO RESPOND
Issue six of the Equal Standard finds us delving into the world of extremes. Let us know what you think! We are now accepting written and artwork submissions until 5 AUGUST, 2019. To find out more, visit the submission page of the website: https://theequalstandard.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/
How do we as a society make space for the “extreme”? How could we come to a…
13.07.2016
02.06.2016
02.09.2014
I had been working on a solidarity poster/design for the protests in ferguson, addressing the right to resistance. I wanted to challenge the dominant narrative of the reasoning behind riots, and the idea of violent outside instigators, etc. The idea was there right away, however, by the time I got down to actually sitting down and designing, the timing seemed a bit off.
But not wanting to wast…
18.02.2013
11.09.2012
I came along a realy great project - a set of deck playing cards made with the help of 28 illustrator all over the world.
They visualised Wall Street executives and politicians who were (and still are) the master of (financial) distaster.
http://52shadesofgreed.com/
The cards are on sale through ROCKETHUB – crowfunding engine.
Another goal of the group is to print up a 1000 ecks of c…
30.07.2012
04.10.2011
Check out this new web page and app that seems to serve as an awareness raising tool about slavery by indexing your 'slavery footprint'.
http://slaveryfootprint.org/
I'm happy to see that it manages to break out of the usual visual language of slavery campaigns featuring guilt inducing images of downtrodden people and distressed fonts with excessive use of black, red, and orange.
Instea…