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Graffiti: More than a Crime?
Posted on: April 21, 2011 by Kevin Elko in Culture
Tags: graffiti
Walk through just about any city in the world and you are bound to find some form of graffiti. In many areas of many cities, it has overrun the landscape. From simple personal tags to gang tags, stencils, murals, and street art, graffiti is everywhere. Graffiti has grown from very humble roots, but has permeated through our culture and has become an international art form. Graffiti, in the purest sense, has existed throughout history. There are examples of graffiti etched into the walls of Ancient Rome and Greece. Graffiti as we know it developed sometime in the early 1900s. Many ...
Persuasion and Propaganda
Posted on: January 28, 2011 by Kevin Elko in Culture Design
Tags: posters, propaganda, WWII
In my last article, I touched on a number of different roles that graphic design can assume. I came across a lot of great information while researching, some of which was not included in the post. The subject of propaganda and the use of visual design to influence the thinking of large audiences particularly intrigued me. In general, propaganda is a term used to describe any method or form of communication used to change attitude or view of a population on a certain subject. Much the way a logo is just a single part of a brand, visual materials are just a single part of an overarching pr...