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: Shakespeare in the Park
In 1954, impresario Joe Papp began a summer tradition of staging free outdoor performances of Shakespeare, inaugurating the Public Theater’s beloved Shakespeare in the Park festival. Pentagram partner Paula Scher, whose relationship with the Public spans four decades, has designed a new identity for the series for thirty consecutive summers. Each campaign is customized to the season’s theme, creating a highly visible graphic vocabulary for outdoor advertising, social media, and on-site signage.
Retrospective: Shakespeare in the Park
In 1954, impresario Joe Papp began a summer tradition of staging free outdoor performances of Shakespeare, inaugurating the Public Theater’s beloved Shakespeare in the Park festival. Pentagram partner Paula Scher, whose relationship with the Public spans four decades, has designed a new identity for the series for thirty consecutive summers. Each campaign is customized to the season’s theme, creating a highly visible graphic vocabulary for outdoor advertising, social media, and on-site signage.
