METAXAS RE-BRANDED (Posters of the 4th of August State)

This book is an unprecedented experiment in graphic design. It contains 50 posters that could have existed during the Metaxas dictatorship in Greece (1936-1941), a quasi-fascist regime bynamed ‘the 4th of August State’. These banners, all of them produced in modern times, have been intentionally designed to resemble the political propaganda posters that were infamously popular in the turbulent 1930s in Europe and Greece. Although fabricated, these posters have been handcrafted carefully in order to be as historically accurate as possible. From a conceptual point of view, they are historically truthful because most of the messages and slogans used have been picked from propaganda material from the Metaxas years. From an aesthetical perspective, the posters use pictures, graphics, fonts and colors actually used by the 4th of August state. The result is a stunning book with an enjoyable plethora of incredibly realistic posters which are both beautiful and powerful.