20 days in spring, 2003 is a beautifully designed book on an ugly topic: the Iraq invasion. Snippets of newspaper articles and quotes from Einstein, Lincoln and Twain comment on photos of injured and fleeing Iraqi civilians as well as the smug faces of our Imperial leaders. As the author describes it in the introduction, it is a book
…created over a 20 day period in the spring of 2003 as a response to the US invasion of Iraq. It is simply one US citizen’s outlet for feelings of frustration, disbelief and impotence in the face of a war that should not have happened and that has been mounted by an administration drunk on its own power and delusions of grandeur.
Although it is not mentioned on the site, the piece seems to be the work of Terry Irwin, who, along with Erik Spiekerman, was one of the founders of the esteemed MetaDesign studio in San Francisco. Her simple, stark use of grayscale photos and type in black, white and red brings out the emotion and the pain in her — and our — powerlessness.
[via Hebig]
