DO NOT REMOVE THE SOLDER WITH A COLD TOOL

Poster approved by the Labour Protection Department of the Central Committee of the Trade Union of Workers of Power Plants and Electrical Engineering in the USSR.
 
Title: DO NOT REMOVE THE SOLDER WITH A COLD TOOL
 
Why is the combination of the colors red, black, and white so potent in design?
 
These colors are aposematic meaning used as warning colors in nature. There are several high contrast color combinations found in poisonous and venomous (and some fakers) snakes, frogs, insects and even some birds. Animals, including humans, have a deep rooted reaction to these colors. They make you take notice. Your body can't help it. This is why these color combinations are used in advertising, roadside signs and so on.
 
On the other side, the U.S.S.R. was notorious for its omnipresent propaganda. The Bolshevik regime proved wonderfully adept at using the skills of talented graphic designers and writers to create vivid images and slogans aimed at ideologically motivating the masses to transform society. Their work permeated all aspects of life during the communist era, including art, industry, and science. The state even invested a lot of artistic endeavor into such mundane areas as health and safety at the workplace and this original poster is an excellent example of this policy.
 
Artist: A.G. Serebrennikov
 
Size: 39x54cm
 
Printed in 1989
 
Circulation: 14000 copies.
 
Material: Offset paper
 
Publisher: Energoatomizdat
 
Language: Russian
 
Made in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
 
Condition: good