On this day in Havana, in 1959…
Havana, Cuba
My thoughts today are with Cuban designer friends—it’s 50 years to the day since dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Havana as revolutionary forces led by Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos and Fidel Castro advanced on the city… in the following days the exuberance of change overtook the capital. I feel privileged to have made many trips to Cuba in recent years, and am thankful of the sincere friendships forged with professional colleagues there (in 2006 I wrote a feature article on Cuban graphic design for Communication Arts magazine; PDF here).
Images: Postcards commemorating the events of 1959; some of the posters that appear in my article.