September 16, 2026
Isotype: How Vienna Turned Statistics Into Pictures Anyone Could Read
Before the infographic became a daily language of news, a group of designers and educators in interwar Vienna was building…
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Posters & Ephemera
September 16, 2026
The Earth Day Poster: How a New Environmental Movement Learned to Speak in Public
In 1970, posters helped turn pollution from a private worry into a shared public question. Their legacy still shapes how…
September 16, 2026
Dig for Victory: How a Wartime Poster Turned Backyards Into Food Policy
Britain’s “Dig for Victory” campaign used posters, leaflets, radio, and everyday instructions to make homegrown food part of national survival—and…
September 16, 2026
The London Underground Poster: How a Transit System Turned Travel Into Modern Art
Long before social media campaigns and destination branding, London’s Underground used bold posters to persuade people to explore the city—and…
September 13, 2026
The Circus Poster: How American Lithographers Made Spectacle Larger Than Life
Before television and social media, a circus poster could turn an ordinary town wall into a promise of danger, color,…
September 13, 2026
We Can Do It!: How a Factory Poster Found a Second Life as Rosie the Riveter
Created for a short factory campaign in 1943, J. Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It!” poster spent decades in relative…
September 13, 2026
Keep Calm and Carry On: How a Wartime Poster Became a Global Language of Composure
Designed for a crisis that never arrived as expected, “Keep Calm and Carry On” was nearly forgotten before its rediscovery…
September 13, 2026
The Green Book: How a Road Guide Helped Black Travelers Find Their Way
Created in Harlem, The Negro Motorist Green Book turned a small booklet into an essential map of safety, service, and…
September 13, 2026
Uncle Sam Wants You: How a Wartime Poster Became America’s Most Persistent Face
James Montgomery Flagg’s pointing Uncle Sam began as a First World War recruiting image. It became something larger: a portable…
September 13, 2026
The WPA Poster: How the New Deal Put Art in Public Life
In the depths of the Great Depression, the federal government hired artists to make posters for exhibitions, libraries, theaters, public…