The Peoples Bureau Tokyo

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Artist/Maker	The Designers Republic (artists)
Place of origin	UK (made)

The Designers Republic set up this Tokyo shop in 2002 in response to growing demand for tDR and Warp Records related merchandise. Envisaged also as a way for the artists to better understand brand propaganda and the corporate market, they played the game very well with monthly sales rapidly exceeding £100,000. However, Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic reflected 'We'd sold out and it felt like we were selling out...I wanted to understand retail, not give my life to it', shortly after scaling back commercial production.

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Categories	Printed Pages & Sheets Music Ephemera
Object type	Flyer
Title	The Peoples Bureau Tokyo (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Printed flyer
Brief description	Flyer by The Designers Republic advertising the opening of the Peoples Bureau Tokyo, 2002.
Credit line	Given by The Designers Republic
Summary	The Designers Republic set up this Tokyo shop in 2002 in response to growing demand for tDR and Warp Records related merchandise. Envisaged also as a way for the artists to better understand brand propaganda and the corporate market, they played the game very well with monthly sales rapidly exceeding £100,000. However, Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic reflected 'We'd sold out and it felt like we were selling out...I wanted to understand retail, not give my life to it', shortly after scaling back commercial production.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.45-2022

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Record created	January 12, 2022
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1681776/the-peoples-bureau-tokyo-flyer-the-designers-republic/

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