Posts Tagged ‘ Graphic Design ’

Switzerland bans Minarets

It’s sad to see the levels of intolerance and ignorance in a supposedly developed country like Switzerland. They banned the construction of minarets in Nov. 2009. and a majority of 60% of the votes was FOR the motion. Check out this shocking example of posters that were put up all over the country, convincing people to vote [ READ MORE ]

Corrupt Politicians: Quit India

Graffiti photographed on Mumbai streets. It’s temporary, drawn only in chalk, but the message is clear. As far as I know, even when it’s erased it always makes a comeback. It says: “World corruption champion 2008 Politicians US$ 1456 Billion in Swiss Bank Secret Account.” Here’s another voltage box with similar stuff written on it: [ READ MORE ]

Illustrations by the Government

These are some illustrations painted on the walls by the streets advertising policies of the government. Most of it was in Tamil, but some of them were written in English too. What interested me was the way this was painted and coloured. I can only guess what these are supposed to mean. This one below [ READ MORE ]

Urban Graphics

These is a series of photographs that attempt to describe the urban landscape around me from the past few months. I am always fascinated by the easy mix of urban and traditional, old and new, ugly and beautiful, traditional and contemporary. Tamil movie posters pasted on corrugated aluminium sheets line the streets of Chennai. It’s a common sight [ READ MORE ]

Fake Sprite Bottles: Which one’s real?

We were eating at a roadside restaurant near Mohammad Ali road, the best place to get awesome kababs, meat rolls, etc. All of us ordered Sprite to drink because plain water, even bottled, could be a bit risky in that area. Five minutes into the meal, we notice that each bottle has a different font, [ READ MORE ]

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