Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.37.265
Object Name
Poster
Title
Do you wish you could read and write better?
Place
Paddington Printshop, London; Beauchamp Lodge
People
Paddington Printshop
Description
Screenprinted poster, âDo you wish you could read and write better?â in blue text on a yellow background. Below is a print in blue, white and yellow of three people around a desk smiling and one woman reading from a piece of paper. The yellow background is within a design of an open book as if one of the pages. In smaller blue text at the bottom is âcome to the adult literary scheme at Beauchamp Lodge. We also need volunteer tutors.â
This poster was made by Paddington Printshop, a community graphic design and print workshop in West London, co-founded by John Phillips and Pippa Smith. Between 1975-1991, the centre printed over 400 designs for left-wing community organisations. These publicised local political campaigns such as housing rights and food co-ops, to social gatherings including play days, gardening clubs, gigs and festivals. Their do-it-yourself style was part of the proto-punk ethos.
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