While scooting through downtown yesterday I saw these great big graphics on the side of the the DC Public Library on G Street.
I like the red blocks — they make me think of classified documents and redacted memos. Since the graphics had so successfully caught my attention, I was bummed to learn that I have missed Banned Books Week 2014 and its associated events. But I have enjoyed designing a little temporary exhibit in my mind ... books to flip through, excerpts printed large. I imagine someone reading one and saying, “really?! Charlotte’s Web??” and discussions about First Amendment rights and censorship.... Next year?
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Post updated in January 2021 with minor text edits. Broken links have been replaced with archived URLs, courtesy of archive.org. This post was originally published at theexhibitdesigner.com on 3 October 2014.