How did a poster by a previously incarcerated street artist manage to influence a presidential election and what is the one thing you’d want to steer clear of when designing a logo for a women’s network? 

This week Kylie dives into the glory days of 2008 and the presidential election that saw Barack Obama become the first African-American president in U.S. history. Specifically how a poster by street artist Shepherd Fairey managed to capture the mood of the moment, ‘go viral’ on a new technology called social media, and ultimately influence the election. 

Taking it low brow, (so low in fact, we gave out our very first content warning!) Miranda explores the Women’s Network logo that got Australia talking… let’s just say, the designers probably should have taken a quick visit to genitalsornot.com to give it the once over. 

Side tangents include but are not limited to 2008 era Facebook and the blight on society that is Facebook memories, Kylie seeing things she didn’t want to in a piece of coral and Miranda manages to bring up Havianas yet again. 

Links: 

Obama/ Shepherd Fairey

https://medium.com/fgd1-the-archive/obama-hope-poster-by-shepard-fairey-1307a8b6c7be

https://obeygiant.com/

https://obamapostermaker.com/

https://npg.si.edu/blog/now-on-view-portrait-barack-obama-shepard-fairey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/16/politics/kamala-harris-forward-shepard-fairey/index.html

Women’s Network

https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/15/australian-pms-department-drops-widely-mocked-phallic-womens-network-logo

https://www.pmc.gov.au/news/statement-departments-womens-network-logo

https://genitalsornot.com/

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