Another perennial fave here at FP: communist propaganda! This time, from North Korea. I am enjoying my page-a-day Chinese propaganda calendar from Taschen, a gift from Ursula. This week, there was a rather crude poster from a particular technical college class, urging fellow students to be all revolutionary and stuff. So instead of doughnuts in the student lounge to urge them on, they get some guy’s crappy brushwork.

Why the joy in propaganda? Well, aside from the really bold colors and clear-as-mud-unless-you-aren’t-Chinese/Russian/Other symbolism, I am in general a fan of functional art. Need to whip up the masses? Indicate which door is for ladies? Indicate that this canned product is, in fact, delicious? Then I will enjoy your art.

later: their bandwidth was slammed, so the above link is out of comission for a while. In the meantime, enjoy some East German bulletin board propaganda.