When we look at design history through the lens of any marginalized community we tend to think of protest—but what does the design of gay pleasure look like? Today’s collection is a series of posters designed as advertisements for gay bathhouses c.1960-1970, before the AIDS epidemic forced many of the bathhouses to close.
Squeaky Clean
When we look at design history through the lens of any marginalized community we tend to think of protest—but what does the design of gay pleasure look like? Today’s collection is a series of posters designed as advertisements for gay bathhouses c.1960-1970, before the AIDS epidemic forced many of the bathhouses to close.