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Blog: Design education

25 May 2012

Can design do what?

Dutch conference looks at the potential of design to address social problems

What design can do! (WDCD) was a two-day conference, held earlier this month in Amsterdam, that…

23 May 2012

Eyeball pleasers

becky chilcott

St Bride hosts a plethora of pencil-squeezers (and diamond geezers).

STOP PRESS: MAKING PICTURES CONFERENCE POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2012. What is an illustrator? According to…

8 May 2012

Type Tuesday: space exploration

gerry leonidas, type tuesday

Some reflections upon typography & layout (and why palettes are evil)

In ‘Lost in flatlands’ in Eye 80, as part of our special ‘20 years of change’…

3 May 2012

Break out of the cloisters

jessica jenkins

Explore ‘Socialist Modernity’ at a forthcoming RCA symposium

Venture outside the world of blogs and back-slapping designer conferences, writes Jessica Jenkins. Everyday academic life…

4 April 2012

Graphic design by Richard Hollis

Mark Thomson reviews the exhibition at Gallery Libby Sellers in London

There are few occasions when something is genuinely unmissable, writes Mark Thomson, but for designers…

21 March 2012

Graphic design reading lists

How should we choose texts to guide students through the info-blizzard?

Twenty years ago creating a reading list for graphic design students was relatively easy, writes…

27 January 2012

Higher ground

noel douglas

Occupy Design is an opportunity to change design, and design for change.

We invited Noel Douglas, one of the organisers of ‘This Space Is Not For Hire’…

26 January 2012

One day, all this will be ours

john l. walters

Getting ready for the hyperbolic new Design Museum in Albertopolis.

The new Design Museum, slated to open in 2014, is cause for celebration in London’s…

9 January 2012

Words in practice

jim northover

Writing and designing are part of a continuum of communication skills.

Graphic design has always been about words and images. Nowadays words play an even bigger…

21 December 2011

Not enough critical mass?

alex cameron, kristina ketola bore

Europe’s first MA in design writing and criticism looks likely to close

British design may be about to lose an important ally if the proposal to close…

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