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HIROSHIMA - DAY OF WORLD SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLE OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE (August 6), 1972
Between the 1960s and 1990s, more than fifty designers worked at OSPAAAL (the Organisation of Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America). Based in Cuba, they made magazines and posters that were sent around the world. Their aim was to promote radical political ideas. Many of their posters celebrate socialist revolutions and liberation movements from the Global South. OSPAAAL marked the date of the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima by the U.S.A. as a day of solidarity with Japanese citizens.
DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH GUATEMALA - FEBRUARY 6, 1970
Between the 1960s and 1990s, more than fifty designers worked at OSPAAAL (the Organisation of Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America). Based in Cuba, they made magazines and posters that were sent around the world. Their aim was to promote radical political ideas. Many of their posters celebrate socialist revolutions and liberation movements from the Global South.
Content warning: weaponry
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British illustrator Janina Ede (1937-2018) created covers and illustrations for over 100 books from the 1950s to the 1980s. Ede often worked using just black ink, combining pen and brushwork to create bold illustrations with fine details.
My Apprenticeships - Chapter 5 - Untitled, c. 1968
Janina Ede (1937-2018) created covers and illustrations for over 100 books from the 1950s to the 1980s. She often worked using just black ink, combining pen and brushwork to create bold illustrations with fine details. To represent plant life, Ede sometimes dipped leaves and grasses into ink and pressed them onto paper.
