Seen+Noted: Aussie agency partners with artists in the US to create ‘Dump Trump’ garbage bags

Creative studio Bear Meets Eagle On Fire has partnered with independent artists in the New York City area, on an anti-Trump design protest project.

The result is a series of orange ‘DUMP TRUMP’ garbage bags emblazoned with the contentious political figure’s face. The swollen orange bags, strewn across the city streets in Manhattan and Brooklyn just days before the election, are a visceral metaphor for a candidate who has run one of the most divisive and contentious campaigns for President, in US history.

Says Micah Walker, Founder of Bear Meets Eagle On Fire: “The most consequential Presidential election in our lifetime is taking place in the 
US this week, we just felt even a minor, satirical statement was worth making.”

In a sign of the ever-increasing political temperature in the US, Bear’s creative and production partners in the US — designers, printers, photographers and even the volunteers who helped place the bags across the city, have asked to remain anonymous around their involvement in the project.

“It just gives you an indication of how fearful so many people are of a second Trump presidency,” Walker added. “I hope after next week it’s something none of us have to worry about ever again.”

Creative Agency: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire