Opinion: Agenda
Green’s grey zones
It has always been the duty of graphic designers to challenge conventional wisdom. Designers have…
Applying the lessons of the future today
The instant, push-button excitements of the digital wonderland blind us to the imaginative challenge posed by the new technology
The medium is messy
The creative process is often unstructured, without purpose or elegance. Like life itself, or playing games
We’re in bras, lamps and breakfast cereal
Today’s corporation is very different from its predecessors. But the identities devised by designers are failing to mirror the changes
Fanfare for the common hack
Design theorists cannot afford to turn a deaf ear to the everyday experience of the many.
Imperialism by another name?
India’s designers need to compete globally, but Western-style professionalisation could threaten the country’s confidence
Growing up in public
To tackle bigger projects and take more responsibility, graphic designers will have to get together and…
Words fail us
Serious discussions of the relationships between message, audience and graphic design are still handicapped by a limited lexicon. Yet our need for an enriched language is greater than ever.