Sfogliando un vecchio numero di Social Design Notes, mi sono imbattuto in un simpatico progetto di “Ad-busting” portato avanti da un gruppo di tre designer sarajevesi chiamati per l’appunto “Trio Sarajevo“. Ebbene, durante il periodo dell’assedio, i tre pubblicavano regolarmente i loro lavori sul tema della citt�, proponendo una riflessione sulla guerra ma anche sui talenti e le potenzialit� che continuavano a sopravvivere in quei tragici giorni nonostante tutto.

Dal sito di presentazione:

�In April 1992 the Bosnian war began, and Sarajevo was besieged. Despite the obvious hardships of life in a city under siege for two and a half years, and although they had many opportunities to continue work outside Bosnia-Herzegovina, TRIO opted to remain in Sarajevo throughout the war. Faced with a market suddenly reduced to a 3km wide stretch of a city under siege, TRIO have nonetheless continued to earn a living as commercial designers, receiving payment for their work in food, cigarettes and (occasionally) small amounts of money. During the war TRIO have managed to assemble a computerised design office put together from various components which were borrowed or begged from friends and colleagues in Sarajevo…. In addition to their regular work, TRIO have also invested a great deal of time putting together a collection of graphic art aimed at raising awareness of the plight of their city throughout Europe. The work which has made them famous in western capitals is based on a series of reworkings of well-known advertising and pop-art images, such as the logos for Speilberg�s Jurassic Park, Coca-ColaAbsolut Vodka, Warhol�s famous Campbell’s Soup, and satirical adaptations of famous posters, such as Monroe’s Some Like it Hot, Your Country Needs You, Wake Up America!, Munch�s Scream, and many more.�

Noi vi proponiamo i progetti che ci piacciono di pi� e vi rimandiamo qui per la gallery completa.

P.s. Se andate a Sarajevo, in tutte le bancarelle potrete trovare la maglietta rossa con la scritta Sarajevo a mo’ di quella della Coca-Cola per pochi marchi convertibili…