LAB
> Design=Propaganda?
The role of design in political communication has been an integral part of our society for more than a century.
The power of design is hardly more evident than in the iconic images that rally the masses around a particular ideology, from the prolific design products of the Workers Progress Administration in the United States, to the vintage Soviet propaganda of the mid-20th century, to the now-famous posters of Obama.
Sometimes design becomes a weapon of toxic change, a real Kalashnikov in totalitarian hands, and today in a digital world with millions of images that we consume daily it is necessary to "train" the brain and our eyes so that these weapons cannot "kill" us and brainwash us.
Supporting materials and assignment
> How Has Art Been Used as Propaganda? (From Antiquity to the Present)
https://owlcation.com/humanities/How-has-art-been-used-as-propaganda
> This article discusses the close relationships between national governments, advertising trades and print media industries and assesses their significance for liberal democracy and national identity in the context of the First World War. It examines the connections between pictorial advertising, propaganda and publicity in a series of subsections dealing with the patriotic poster and war aims, the status of the graphic artist, war as a marketing ploy and the role of the visual in black and atrocity propaganda.
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/graphic_arts_and_advertising_as_war_propaganda
> Iron Fists: A Design History of Totalitarian Regimes
https://www.themarginalian.org/2011/06/22/steven-heller-iron-fists/
> Propaganda Posters: American Social Issues through Propaganda
https://online.norwich.edu/academic-programs/resources/history-of-american-propaganda
> Modern Political Propaganda Posters & the Principles of Art
https://www.artshelp.com/modern-political-propaganda-posters/
> How does the poster work?
> Propaganda Posters From All Over the World to Inspire Your Design
https://www.picmonkey.com/blog/how-propaganda-posters-can-guide-designs
Use all of the knowledge you gained during Daniel Vyatkin's lecture and supporting materials to complete this assignment.
1. Find any 3 examples of totalitarian design. (This could be a screenshot from a movie, a poster, an interior, a logo, an advertisement, etc.)
2. Describe each example in a maximum of 300 words, answering the question: Why do you think the design you found is an example of totalitarian design and what characteristics indicate that?
3. Download the form document, paste the photo and text into the form, don't forget to write your name, sign the document with your name, and send it to us at contact@neweasteurope.com by 14.00 on Sunday, June 18, 2023