Design and Politics: Graphic Design in Socialist Countries

Abstract

As a part of the big culture and a component of the superstructure, design art and politics interact and restrict each other. Design art has always been created and accepted in the political society, while design art often unconsciously assumes the political responsibility of transforming the society and becomes a political expression. Politics plays an important role in the evolution and development of design art. The influence of design art on politics comes from the acceptability of the meaning contained in symbol products. With the rapid development of contemporary media and information technology, the richness and diversity of communication media make the global cultural communication break through the technical limitations. While communication is smoother and visual culture is unprecedentedly popular, cross-cultural, cross-language and cross-ethnic language symbols are designed. New and more influential political and cultural systems are emerging at a faster pace.