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packaging for a bulb made in Syria
Carton for a Light Bulb ( Syria, 2009 )
graphic design light neon
Collection : bags & packages
Age/Era :
1970–1979

Al-Shahba is a Syrian factory producing lightbulbs. I have no information on when this box was designed nor if the factory was still running when I discovered the box lying on a street in Damascus. The clear and simple graphic design hints toward the style of state-run factories and their connection to more or less socialist principles - similarities with GDR "Gebrauchsgrafik" ("use graphics") are striking.

  • Uploaded by : Alina Kokoschka| © Alina Kokoschka
  • License :Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
  • Date :09/11/2016
  • Link :http://hawass.org/image/456