The few examples of North Korean design seen by those outside the secretive state show a number of recurring themes. The destruction of the US is a common one, often depicted through propaganda ...

In the thousands of propaganda posters produced in China between the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s, the beaming face of Chairman Mao Zedong watches over a surreal utopia.

Vodka and Russia. The former is so ingrained in the identity of the latter, it’s hard to imagine restrictions on its sale and production. But in 1985, the Soviet Union’s newly appointed general ...

Dmitrii Moor’s 1931 ‘Gather the Harvest’ poster. From the Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Collection. Part of the exhibition “Constructing Revolution: Soviet Propaganda Posters Between the World Wars” at the ...

So steeped are we now in technologically sophisticated persuasion — over one million memes of all sorts shared each day on Instagram alone — that viewing the unpolished and sometimes outlandish ...

Long before images of the Beatles and other popular bands adorned bedroom walls, posters had a different life. They served as advertisements and propaganda and were created by artists, who helped them ...

During World War I, 18,000 American soldiers were infected with STDs every day. By the height of World War II, that number had decreased to 600 per day–partly thanks to a fierce propaganda campaign ...

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