{"product_id":"plop-02","title":"Plop #02","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePLOP\u003c\/em\u003e - The Polish Design Revue explores the tension between Polish identity, global aesthetics, and the endless act of polishing. Through sharp questions, critical perspectives, and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ethought-provoking snapshots visual culture, this quarterly revue investigates what happens when Polish design becomes polished, overpolished, depolished—or something entirely new. By Slanted Publishers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this issue: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"post__content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"post__content_short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePLOP #02\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ewhat the poster (and post-poster) is today and where it is going. Does it still work as a tool of communication, a form of artistic expression, a medium of protest and presence in public space? Or has it become a ritual repeated by the design scene, almost like a para-religion? \u003c\/span\u003eThis issue features a conversation with Ola Jasionowska about the poster as civic practice, an essay by Katarzyna Matul on the poster as an export product, identity, and the legacy of communist-era Poland, a conversation with Karolina Pietrzyk about typography, collaboration, and controlled experiment, and Paweł Starzec’s photographic record of the visual aspects of protests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKarlsruhe, Germany; 21×29cm; 32 Pages; Quarterly; June 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slanted","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67574289170733,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/4097\/3510\/files\/Slanted-PLOP02_Cover.-COPY-scaled.jpg?v=1790447498","url":"https:\/\/issuesmagshop.com\/en-us\/products\/plop-02","provider":"Issues Magazine Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}