Support Provided By This article is part of a series on the history of graphic design and social activism in California from "Artbound." Produced in partnership with Hyperallergic. California's culture and art movements have long enjoyed a unique freedom from East Coast and European dogmas. This manifests itself in social, creative and aesthetic realms characterized by experimentation, openness and independence. Graphic design is a key element of defining this California way of life, from the clean, unencumbered lines of mid-century modernism to the flamboyant psychedelia of counterculture po...