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- ISBN 9781849949101
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Batsford
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A timely, compelling and affecting history of graphic design being used as a form of rebellion and resistance, lavishly illustrated with full colour reproductions of posters, banners and printed ephemera.
Design has long been a means of self-expression, but it is also a fundamental vehicle for change in an increasingly visual world. The Typography of Protest is an illustrated history of how famous designers and determined individuals have used art to dismantle hatred and ignite change.
The designers, groups and collectives featured in this book differ in age, race, gender and belief but all are resolute in confronting political and social injustice and inequality through their design and typography. From the bold feminist collages of Barbara Kruger to Emory Douglas’s defining posters for the Black Panther Party during the Civil Rights era and Keith Haring breaking the silence surrounding AIDS, to Guerrilla Girls exposing racial and sexual inequality in the art world, typography has long been a powerful tool for upsetting the status quo.
This thought-provoking book shines a light on the often revolutionary work of artists involved in a diverse range of social and political movements.
Theo Inglis is a graphic designer, writer and lecturer. His previous books include Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design (Batsford, 2019) and The Graphic Design Bible (Ilex Press, 2023). He is a lecturer in Graphic Design at Birmingham City University. Working as a freelance designer since 2015, Theo focuses on typographically-driven design – particularly book design – for publishers, magazines, universities, cultural organisations and charities. He was Senior Designer of Granta magazine in 2021–22, and his writing has been published by Communication Arts, Apollo, the Financial Times, Creative Review, Eye, The Monotype Recorder, Commercial Arts and Grafik. He is based in Birmingham.
