Two black books, one titled 'The Stealthy Politics of Urban Advertising' by Samuel Holleran with a green border around the title. The other book shows part of the back cover with a URL and author's note.

Geometric shapes illustrate a compelling story

Urban advertising has been celebrated and scorned, policed and embraced. Modern urban advertising adds surveillance into the equation. This booklet, with excerpts from Places Journal, uses geometric rectangles in varying orientations to tell the story of this wide-ranging history.

Role

Graphic Designer

Text excerpts

The Stealthy Politics of Urban Advertising by Samuel Holleran →

An open booklet with black background with numerous white-outlined rectangles and green lines, overlaid with a paragraph of white text describing graffiti, street art, and street team activities in New York City.

An open booklet with a white page on left with text around a "Clean City Law" and a pattern of precise rectangles on a black background on the right.

An open booklet with a black text box on the right containing a paragraph of text and multiple outlined rectangle diagrams on the left.

An open booklet discussing LinkNYC with the left page featuring a dark background with 15 squares and the right page containing text.