Review: Design education
Shall I share my screen?
David Reinfurt’s A *New* Program for Graphic Design had a novel origin: his entire graphic…
Life lessons
The history of modern Britain is reflected in this book through the span of years…
Pocket polymath
Decades before it became almost de rigueur to present yourself as a practitioner – and…
Fighting words
There is an elephant in the room, but there are some signs that we are…
Shaded tints, a view of US racism
The Design of Race arrives at an inflection point in American society. Awareness of racial, socio-economic and class disparities has been at the forefront of national politics …
Prism of teaching
Paul Elliman once spoke of a hypothetical online teaching environment that would embrace digital resources: ‘dictionaries, search engines, mailing lists, chat-rooms …
Love letter to the future
The book’s position is stated in the title; it looks at design in relation to sexism, ableism and racism …
Crisis by design
Editors Tony Fry and Adam Nocek present Design in Crisis as part of an ‘ongoing conversation that aims to challenge how designers engage with the planetary crises …
Read and destroy
Art and design pedagogy is generally agreed today on the imperative for educators to facilitate independent…
A rallying cry for ethics
There could not be a more apt time for the publication of Ethics in Design and…