Temporary Press | Striking! Advertising Matches of Singapore

With its rectangular and pocket-friendly form, matchboxes plastered with advertisements once offered an affordable and portable means of marketing. This collection of 350 covers—the second compilation of visual materials from the Singapore Graphic Archives—continues the effort to translate selections from the digital archive (graphic.sg) into printed documentation for physical circulation. The intention is to respond to our graphic design history as a way of inviting readers to do the same.

by Singapore Graphic Archives

edited by Justin Zhuang
designed by gideon-jamie
co-published with In Plain Words

400 pages, offset printed with fluorescent inks
74 × 105 mm