Steven Heller, Iron Graphics: Branding Totalitarian States January 11, 2008

"Steven Heller offers an historical analysis of the state of the leading twentieth century totalitarian regimes through the lens of graphic design. With research from his current book, Iron Fists: Branding the Totalitarian State (Phaidon Press, Spring 2008), Heller describes how major dictatorships in modern history used graphics and design to propagate their ideologies. From Mussolini to Nazi Germany to Lenin, totalitarian regimes maintain themselves in political power by means of propaganda (among other tactics) disseminated through the state-controlled mass media. Heller dissects these graphics using the language of contemporary branding."

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