Brandalism

Brandalism is a widely known international artist collective that “revolts against the corporate control of culture and space”. In 2015, they started a campaign against the UN’s COP21, and its support by big corporations, who are the cause of climate change. For this campaign, they invited several artists, including Barnbrook to pitch a series of posters focusing on our critical view of the big corporations’ global environmental policies and their contribution to global warming. We were also paired with an amazing photographer, Immo Klink, to feature some of his images in our designs. Immo handed us a series of film noir-inspired black and white portraits, capturing powerful, evil characters. We used eye-catching copy to emphasize the sarcasm and indifference of these portrayed personas toward the issue. The colour marks mimicked overdeveloped and partially burnt analogue photography and the imperfect ink lettering added a disruptive feel.