Pussy Galore
Artist
Women's Design + Research Unit (WD+RU)
born 1994
Artist
Siân Cook
United Kingdom
Artist
Liz McQuiston
United States, United Kingdom, born 1952
Artist
Teal Triggs
United Kingdom
Date1994
Dimensions23 1/2 x 16 5/8 in. (59.7 x 42.2 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.7571
DescriptionAfter attending a FUSE conference at which all of the speakers were white men, Teal Triggs was inspired to form Women’s Design + Research Unit with colleagues Siân Cook and Liz McQuiston in order to highlight and encourage women working in design and typography. Pussy Galore was the group’s first project, presented in FUSE issue 12 under the theme of propaganda. Rather than expressing a standard alphabet, each letter of the typeface corresponds to an ideological statement, phrase, or symbols within women’s history or ideas about femininity. The poster showcases the full extent of Pussy Galore in four columns near the right edge of the poster. The first two columns indicate glyphs corresponding to the Roman alphabet in lower and uppercase, while the less populated third and fourth columns show Easter eggs that can be inserted by using the “shift” and “option” keys.On View
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