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Design as History

This panel contemplates graphic design as an agent of history, reflecting on the use of the dot in the 1960s, considering ephemeral boxing, suffragette, and political posters, and studying Biloxi potter George Ohr’s Storyville “brothel tokens”.

Presentations

Dot: A Small History of a Big Point (Focus: 1960s)

Presenters

Kathy O'Dell

Historians of Visual Culture: The Power of Graphic Design

Presenters

Andrea Hempstead

George Ohr's Tokens as Storyville Artifact

Presenters

Ellen Lippert

Session chairs

Kim Sels Janna Eggebeen