AFFLUENZA, The Colouring Book by Cathryn Miller & Monique Martin

A sequel to the original Affluenza, AFFLUENZA: The Colouring Book carries on with Affluenza the paper doll's obsessive consumerism. The book (seven 5-page accordions with clothes and accessories to colour and a paper doll on card stock) is accompanied by an alphabetical poem printed in the form of a till tape, three custom-wrapped crayons, and an Affluenza sticker. The doll and her belongings are all based on linocuts by Monique Martin. All book, packaging design, text is by Cathryn Miller. The story behind the original Affluenza: Monique Martin and I collaborated on this work because we both feel rampant consumerism is a major social problem. It not only leads to things like appalling working conditions in third world factories and massive personal debt in North America, it doesn't really make the ultimate consumers happy. One might define Affluenza as a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of mor