Victorian family dinner table propaganda poster showing synthetic food product, woodcut style industrial compliance artwork

The Diet — Contents: Proprietary

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Victorian family dinner table propaganda poster showing synthetic food product, woodcut style industrial compliance artwork
  • Victorian family dinner table propaganda poster showing synthetic food product, woodcut style industrial compliance artwork
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • Victorian family dinner table propaganda poster showing synthetic food product, woodcut style industrial compliance artwork
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
  • The Diet — Contents: Proprietary
The Diet — Contents: Proprietary

The Diet — Contents: Proprietary

$28.99
$28.99
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The shift happened gradually, then all at once. By the 1890s, the industrial complex had perfected something far more efficient than agriculture: food synthesis. What emerged from those factories bore no resemblance to anything grown in soil or raised on pasture. Smooth, uniform, textureless — engineered for maximum compliance and minimum autonomy. The labels said PRODUCT because that's what it was. Not nourishment. Product.

Victorian families gathered around candlelit tables, forks raised in polite enthusiasm, expressions unchanged. The dome lifted. The platter revealed. Nobody asked questions. Nobody remembered when food looked different. Nutritionally Optimized For Your Compliance. Contents: Proprietary.

Rendered in the style of 19th-century woodcut engraving and Victorian domestic scene illustration — deep navy, aged cream, rust red, and muted gold. Industrial gear and pipe corner ornaments frame the composition. Part of The Archive, Etherfolk's collectible poster series examining what was built, what was buried, and what ended up on the table.

Printed on high quality matte poster paper with sharp, clean detail and vibrant color. Ships rolled in a protective tube.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
• Matte finish — wipe clean with a cloth

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