Adbusters in a not for profit, anti-consumerist, subversive organization founded in 1989. It challenges and raises issues to do with thoughtless consumerism, corporate domination in advertising, and dishonest manipulation of the consumer. It calls on consumers and designers to critically evaluate their contribution to society. It questions the ethics behind the advertising industry and the products and services being promoted.
It is relevant to design students because it questions many widley held assumptions about the way we live, the way we consume, and the assumption that shopping fulfills peoples basic needs and creates well being.
It publishes the advertising free Adbusters, a magazine devoted to challenging consumerism. It is a gritty publication with confronting graphics and unconventional layout.
Notable past and present contributors to the magazine include Christopher Hedges, Matt Taibbi, Bill McKibben, Jim Munroe, Douglas Rushkoff, Jonathan Barnbrook, David Graeber.
Adbusters has launched numerous international campaigns, including the famous Buy Nothing Day.
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