Comprising over 200 objects including hard-hitting posters, illuminated pharmacy signs and digital teaching aids, ‘Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?’ considered the role of graphic design in constructing and communicating healthcare messages around the world, and shows how graphic design has been used to persuade, inform and empower.
This exhibition highlighted the widespread and often subliminal nature of graphic design in shaping our environment, our health and our sense of self. Drawn from public and private collections around the world, it featured work from influential figures in graphic design from the 20th century, as well as from studios and individual designers working today.
‘Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?’ was curated by graphic designer Lucienne Roberts and design educator Rebecca Wright, founders of publishing house GraphicDesign&, with Shamita Sharmacharja at Wellcome Collection.
