DESIGN FOR OBAMA

Poster Art of the Obama '08 Electoral Campaign Graphic innovation that helped make history Hundreds of artists and designers expressed support for the Obamacandidacy by designing posters and submitting them to designforobama.orgfor free download. This selection of the very best—curated by SpikeLee and Aaron Perry-Zucker—is a visual document of the mostinspirational U.S. presidential campaign in living history. From its inception, the Barack Obama campaign was destined to makehistory. Its message of inclusion and empowerment was spread by thousandsof volunteers, a grassroots organization of unprecedented size andenthusiasm. Design for Obama built on this spirit with an online forumwhere artists, designers and supporters could upload their artworks anddownload others. Shepard Fairey's social realist "Hope" poster became2008's enduring image, inspiring scores of designs that appeared on thestreets, at rallies and registration drives, and in homes and officesaround the country. Edited by designforobama.org founder Aaron Perry-Zucker and filmmakerSpike Lee, this collection showcases over 200 of the best pro-Obamaposters. Contributors range from prominent graphic and street artists toyoung up-and-comers. With essays by Spike Lee, Perry-Zucker, and designhistorian Steven Heller, this outstanding collection serves as a matchlesshistorical document of the widespread visual creativity that helped spurObama to victory. About the editor and authors: Spike Lee is a writer-director, actor, and producer whose groundbreakingmovies include She's Gotta Have It (1986), and the Oscar-nominated Do theRight Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992). The producer and director ofnumerous documentaries, music videos and commercials, he heads theadvertising agency Spike/DDB and is the author of several books. He is aprofessor at NYU's Graduate Film program, and its artistic director.