Poster for ACORN, Living Rent and London Renters’ Union to encourage people to join these organisations. Headlines use Marvin Visions, smaller text is set with Futura.

Autonomous Design Group is an independent collective of designers, artists and creatives opposed to capitalism and authoritarianism. We maintain that the aesthetic is of vital importance in the terrain of political struggle. We aim to offer artistic support to a wide range of groups and movements and encourage everyone to contact us for designs. All our designs are open-source and editable.

​We use a combination of collage, creative graphical elements, strong typography and colour palettes to depart from the usual red and black style of the left – an aesthetic which we believe comes across as dated and out of touch.

Shown here is a selection of posters around the theme of housing rights. Find more housing posters on our website.

Rent Strike Weekender, with a collage based on 1950s Air France posters and using Commune Nuit Debout.

Social Housing, with a collage based on 1950s Air France posters, with text set in Helvetica Condensed.

“Homes for people not profit”, set in all caps Gibson.

Poster for Los Angeles Tenants Union, headlines set in Amboy Black.

Poster for Sacramento Tenants’ Union. Collage from 1950s Air France posters. Gill Sans on top, stretch Gill Kayo for the bottom lines.

Poster for London Renters’ Union during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Community Action on Prison Expansion is a network of grassroots groups fighting prison expansion in England, Wales and Scotland. They reject the myth that prisons, surveillance and policing can solve social and economic problems, and seek alternatives that keep communities safe and achieve real social justice.