Malaysia Design Archive

Malaysia Design Archive

Design Education | Designs . Politics . Artifacts | Rekabentuk . Politik . Artifak . Understanding Malaysian history through Graphic Design

Newspaper : Freedom News Issue 01

An underground publication by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), title 'Freedom News'

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Certificate: Toa Peh Kong Society

Membership Certificate of the Toa Peh Kong society. Toa Peh Kong was a kongsi that was established in Penang in 1854.

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Certificate: Ghee Hin Society

Membership Certificate of the Ghee Hin society (1872-1874)

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Signage: White Area

A sign in Melacca dating from the emergency period in the 50s marking the edge of a ‘white’ or communist free area.

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Poster : Tentera Jepun Sudah Datang…

The leaflet above was dropped by the Japanese in both the Malay and Chinese languages. It addresses the Malayans as “brethren” and asks that they inform on the British and Americans, It offers rewards for worthwhile intelligence.

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Book: Tiga sumber dan tiga komponen marxisme

After the Second World War, the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) fought successively the British colonial government and the Malayan government. Support for the MCP came mainly from the ethnic Chinese in Malaya. The Malayan Liberation Army was the armed wing of the party. The Liberation Army was organized according to Marxist-Leninist principles, with commissars, political [...]

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About This Project

This project is an attempt to trace, map and document the development of graphic design in Malaysia.It is also a project to highlight the importance of archiving as a way to protect and preserve our own visual history.