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Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

2008

  • Work on this object began.

2022

2023

  • You found it!

Project, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Posters

This is a Project. It was designed by Students and faculty, Designmatters, ArtCenter College of Design and collaborator: United Nations Department of Public Information. It is dated 2008. It is a part of the department.


Displays: France, United States

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was and is a groundbreaking document that proclaims all persons across the world are entitled to certain absolute rights and freedoms. A partnership between the United Nations and ArtCenter College of Design led to the creation of a series of posters illustrating the document’s ideals. Students across the school, from illustration and fine arts to graphic and product design, selected various articles to visualize, resulting in a powerful set of designs that remind us that the declaration’s global agreement is as relevant today as when it was first created in 1948.

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