Andrew Hairston Campaign
Deliverables
Linocut poster & bumper stickers
Main Typeface
Brother 1816
Work
Design history exploration & campaign materials
Year
2026
On Juneteenth 2025, my dear friend and fellow comrade Andrew Hairston launched his bid for office as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 in Travis County. Running as a Democratic Socialist in Austin, Texas, he ran a truly inspiring campaign. Powered by several dozen Austin DSA members, we worked tirelessly towards a shared vision of justice rooted in care — not punishment.
In early January 2026 Andrew and I began our collaboration to create campaign materials to fundraise his political efforts, including handprinted linocut campaign posters and union-printed bumper stickers.
We explored a design history of protest artwork via Strikethrough, a book I cannot recommend highly enough. In particular we were both inspired by the work of Carlos Cortez, a Chicago-based muralist, activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. I borrowed from Cortez’s portraiture style for the campaign poster to memorialize Andrew in this moment.
Though ultimately Andrew was not voted into office, I am deeply proud to have contributed to this multinational, multiracial, and multigender movement for human dignity.
Campaign achievements:
Earned 9,500 votes
Knocked on 15,000+ of our neighbors’ doors
Hosted over 12 canvasses
Called hundreds of our members and neighbors
The roses represent the main icon of the Democratic Socialists of America. Embedded in the rose petals is Andrew’s campaign slogan, “No One is Disposable.”
Photo by Jessie Adler
The masthead and rose are repurposed in the purple-toned bumper sticker.
