Posters From Paddington Printshop - John Philips éditions divergences la lutte des classes s'habille

la lutte des classes s'habille en jaune / Marine Semeria

Roberto Tondopó

Swiss Institute (US)

The publications of Provo could be considered as proto-zines but their production has much more to do the history of European political pamphlets than with zines

staring down and deforming this very stylized world of both magazines and

Posters From Paddington Printshop - John Philips éditions divergences la lutte des classes s'habilleIn the mid 1970s, in a disused taxi meter factory, a group of artists and designers opened Paddington Printshop. Specialising in making posters for local campaigns, it quickly became a model of community activism, crystallising a wide range of causes into brilliant and memorable images. Anyone could come in to request a poster (although 'nothing sexist, racist or commercial please!'). Focusing on housing rights, neighbourhood initiatives as well as