Review: Design education
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…
Easy reading
Paul Luna has written a very thorough explanation of typography as a subject and a…
Stamps and the public interest
Since Rowland Hill’s introduction of the Penny Black in 1840, the postage stamp has been…