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Design & People has created hundreds of posters on various issues and topics, ranging from Free Tibet Movement to Free Software Movement. These posters are used by our patrons and supporters and during their campaigns and movements. People from all over the world continue to use Design & People posters to study, copy, transform and to develop them further. This section presents some of the most popular posters from Design & People.
The 'Open Design & Information Policy' of Design & People grants users the freedom to copy, share, study, distribute, display, transform or even make derivative works based on Design & People artworks — both visual and written — for any non-commercial or academic purpose by giving appropriate credit to the author of the work. We advise the user who creates a subsequent work based on the original artwork make no attempt to remove it from the Public Domain. By choosing to contribute to the evolution of this work of art, the user agrees to give others the very same rights.
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Design & People Presentation (.ppt)
"History of Posters"
'History of Posters' / Powerpoint Presentation (4.9 MB)
Design & People Presentation on the 300-year-old history of posters from the ones appeared in the mid-15th century in France to the anti-Vietnam war posters.
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Posters (.cdr/.ai/.pdf)
Design & People Posters
Design & People produce posters on various issues - from Bhopal gas tragedy to the issue of Tibet. They are being used world-over by institutions and organisations. Below you'll find some of our selected posters which can be downloaded either in PDF or in vector format.
'Portrait of A Corporate Crime' -1 / August 2003
Poster for the launch of 'Design & People' and 'Portrait of A Corporate Crime', an exhibition of photographs by Raghu Rai on Bhopal gas tragedy and after.
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'Portrait of A Corporate Crime' -2 / August 2003
Poster for the launch of 'Design & People' and 'Portrait of A Corporate Crime', an exhibition of photographs by Raghu Rai on Bhopal gas tragedy and after.
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'Save Periyar' / August 2003
Poster for the 'Save River Periyar' Campaign launched by Greenpeace India in association with Design & People in Kerala, South India.
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'Coca-Colanisation' / November 2003
Design & People poster in solidarity with the Plachimada hunger-strike against the exploitation of water by the Hindustan Coca-Cola Limited.
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'Take Them Home (Alive!)' / December 2003
Design & People poster in solidarity with the Iraqi resistance and against the continued occupation by the US and its allies.
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'Story of A Nation' / January 2004
Poster for the travelling exhibition: 'Story of A Nation: Independent, Occupied and Exiled Tibet' organised by Friends of Tibet.
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'America, Get Out of Iraq' / March 2004
Poster for mass signature campaign organised by Design & People on the International Protest Day on March 20, 2004.
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