Cover Techna #1 2003

Cover Techna #1 2003

This cover of Techna, together with the back page featuring a 1987 Tetris carton, caused a certain controversy among engineering students of Uppsala technology college (UTH).

While created as a style parody for a good laugh (the picture is based on a 1920 soviet poster by Dmitry Moor), the graphics were accused of being communist propaganda and at the same time possibly upsetting actual communists.

This cover of Techna, together with the back page featuring a 1987 Tetris carton, caused a certain controversy among engineering students of Uppsala technology college (UTH).

While created as a style parody for a good laugh (the picture is based on a 1920 soviet poster by Dmitry Moor), the graphics were accused of being communist propaganda and at the same time possibly upsetting actual communists.

A striking example of imagery's ability to convey emotions as well as reason, and to the might of Dmitry Moor…