Armed by Design/El Diseño a las Armas

Interference Archive

• Other Authors Josh MacPhee (Editor), OSPAAAL (Afterword), Jen Hoyer (Editor), Lani Hanna (Editor), Vero Ordaz (Editor), Joelle Rebeiz (Editor), Sarah Seidman (Editor)
• Title

  Armed by Design/El Diseño a las Armas

• Date 2015
• Publisher Brooklyn, New York: Interference Archive, 2015
• Description 88 p.; 8 in.; b/w and color ill.
• Language Spanish, English
• Collections Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017)
• Summary

  In September 2015, Interference Archive opened its exhibition Armed by Design/El Diseño a las Armas. As an accompaniment to the exhibition, they assembled a collection of writing which discusses the intersection of graphic design and political solidarity work in revolutionary Cuba through the lens of the graphic design production of OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

  The publication is bi-lingual English/Spanish; an 88-page, perfect bound book with over 80 full color images of OSPAAAL posters, publications, and graphics. It contains six original essays that give unique perspectives on this work, alongside an interview with Jane Norling about her experience working with OSPAAAL as the only North American to produce a poster with them. The book was edited by Lani Hanna, Jen Hoyer, Josh MacPhee, Vero Ordaz, Joelle Rebeiz, and Sarah Seidman. It was designed by Josh MacPhee (Justseeds).

• Tags Exhibition catalog, Cuba, Bilingual, Gender, Visual culture