Creative industries make last attempts to sway EU referendum voters

This time next week Britain will vote whether or not to remain in the EU, so campaigns for Brexit and Vote Remain are now in the final stretch and the creative industries are adding their voices.

Art director Vicky Simmons has used artworks by herself, Steve Hockett and Barnie Page to create a set of badges for the #imstayingIN campaign. Each set bought enables Vicky to give away three badges for free.

Designer Bruce Usher has created a custom typeface for his online platform, A Good Reason, where people can write, screenshot and share a positive reason to vote in the referendum, using #agoodreason.

Harry O’Brien made this flag and poster design for EU-UK, an online pool of artworks and events surrounding the referendum.

Meanwhile UKIP today revealed a new poster using a photograph by Jeff J Mitchell of refugees in Slovenia, as part of its campaign for #VoteLeave.

Ukip's new poster features a picture of refugees in Slovenia in 2015 pic.twitter.com/0ZLCFr8cLw

— Elena Cresci (@elenacresci) June 16, 2016

Spectator has released its latest cover, featuring an illustration of a Union Jack-patterned butterfly escaping from an EU flag-adorned box.

Out, and into the world — The Spectator backs Brexit https://t.co/Xs0c1PVf93 pic.twitter.com/PITddYW0X5

— The Spectator (@spectator) June 15, 2016

And then there’s Brexit & Chill, an instagram account posting referendum-related musings.

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A photo posted by Brexit & Chill (@brexitandchill) on Jun 14, 2016 at 10:11am PDT

Last month a controversial campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi with Operation Black Vote aimed to encourage the BAME communities to vote.

…and artists including Jefferson Hack and Wolfgang Tillmans released a series of open-source posters for the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign.