The ‘Disobedient Objects’ display at “the world’s greatest art and design museum” is attracting national headlines with its compilation of controversial pieces on protest movements, ranging from the Suffragettes to the recent international protest movement against social and economic inequality, Occupy.

The exhibition is the first to examine the role of objects in movements for social change.

And among the collection is the University’s Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design, Noel Douglas’ satirical pack of anti-war playing cards ‘Regime Change Begins At Home Playing Cards’.

Produced during the height of the global Anti-War Movement between 2003 and 2005, key world figures of the time are displayed on each card to represent their involvement with the Afghanistan and Iraq wars – subverting the cards the US military gave out to their soldiers which featured enemy Iraqis they wanted captured.

Noel, who is a renowned political activist artist, said he was delighted that the exhibition and his work were receiving such prominence.

“I’ve worked closely with the curators of this show to make it the best possible representation of this type of work we can make in a public museum. It’s free and on until February and I hope it will inspire some of the thousands of visitors to take a more active role in using creativity to change the world, and educate even more about how the power of creativity and imagination, when used strategically, can help us move beyond societies mired in crisis.”

Alongside the Disobedient Objects exhibition the V&A is also showing, ‘A World to Win. Posters of Protest and Revolution’, which features Noel’s poster ‘Our Word Is Not For Sale’ alongside classics from recent history.

The exhibition, which has already toured across Europe before arriving at the V&A, looks at 'Votes for Women' campaigns of the early 20th century to the recent 'Occupy' movements.

Photo shows the Regime Change Begins At Home Playing Cards. Credit Noel Douglas