This issue of the Pentagram Papers considers the cult of Chairman Mao, which generated thousands of likenesses in various materials.
Pentagram Papers 17: The Many Faces of Mao considers the cult of Chairman Mao, which generated thousands of likenesses in various materials. Buttons grew so large that Mao himself asked citizens to stop because the aluminum used to make them was creating a shortage in plane manufacturing. By the early 1970s, Mao buttons disappeared from public view.
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Retrospective: London Design Festival
London Design Festival has been an annual celebration of the power of creativity for over 20 years. Since 2008, Pentagram partner Domenic Lippa has served as the LDF’s creative director, responsible every September for the design of a new visual identity. By inventively remixing a few key elements — typography, a signature red (“the colour of London”), and LDF's simple monogram — the program unifies hundreds of events while reaffirming London’s status as a global design capital.
Retrospective: London Design Festival
London Design Festival has been an annual celebration of the power of creativity for over 20 years. Since 2008, Pentagram partner Domenic Lippa has served as the LDF’s creative director, responsible every September for the design of a new visual identity. By inventively remixing a few key elements — typography, a signature red (“the colour of London”), and LDF's simple monogram — the program unifies hundreds of events while reaffirming London’s status as a global design capital.
