Work Buy Consume Die
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1994
'Work Buy Consume Die' is the slogan of the imaginary Pho Ku Corporation invented by The Designers Republic, a Sheffield based graphic design agency. Disenchanted with corporate driven consumerism in the 1990s, but acknowledging their role as a brand agency in the process, The Designers Republic devised an anti-corporate identity to counter the forces of global branding.
The design is inspired by Japanese graphic design and also subverts the Pepsi Cola logo as a comment on the force of global branding. This poster was included in ‘Values of Design’ at the V&A Gallery, Design Society in Shenzhen, China in 2017.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length 700 mm; Width 480 mm
- Materials and techniques
- Offset lithograph poster
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Sheffield
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O1325277
- Museum object number
- E.17-2016
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
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