About Iranian Revolution Poster (1979)
The Iranian Revolution poster is collective speech rendered in ink and blood-red pigment. Between 1978 and 1979, anonymous designers and the Howzeh Honari collective silkscreened thousands of broadsides onto Tehran's walls — fierce Nastaliq type slabs, halftone portraits of martyrs, and hard geometric blocks drawn from Soviet constructivism and Cuban OSPAAAL prints alike.
This design system captures that two-year eruption: mineral red as ground, black as voice, newsprint cream as paper. No gradients, no glow — only the flat authority of the screenprint and the wall as loudspeaker.
- Origin
- Tehran, Qom, Mashhad, Isfahan — Iran
- Era
- 1978–1979 revolution period; visual language continued through Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988)
- Key figures
- Ayatollah Khomeini · Reza Abedini · Howzeh Honari collective
- Movements
- Iranian revolutionary graphic design · Anti-imperialist poster art · Post-1979 Persian visual identity
Iranian Revolution Poster (1979) design spec
Colors
Typography
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