This week we were given the task of watching and summarising Adam Curtis’ documentary ‘The Century of the Self’ which focuses on and explains the theories and works of psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and his nephew Edward Bernays. It has a deep message on how Freudian theory influenced modern day society and how it still exists…More
Sustainable Graphic Design further reading
Peter Claver Fine’s book provides a broad introduction to design history as well as sustainability, in an easy to read layout filled with case studies and important tid-bits of information. It exhibits to students of graphic design what must be designed in order to achieve sustainability. It is intended for more advanced graphic design students…More
Design Thinking for Visual Communication further reading
Gavin Ambrose’s Design Thinking for Visual Communication is a resourceful academic guide for any visual communicator; be it an illustrator, graphic designer, artist, designer etc. It identifies the methods and thought processes employed by design practitioners in order to start the design process. It provides step-by-step guidance for each stage of the design process, however…More
Design for Sustainable Change further reading
This book explores how design and design thinking can help express and address the issue of sustainability and social-environmental issues to an audience. The aim of it being to make the reader gain confidence and knowledge in how to examine design, and also to introduce them to how design and sustainability can be interrelated. It…More
Meggs’ History of Graphic Design further reading
Now on its 6th edition, Meggs’ History of Graphic Design is yet another book on our reading list that was very insightful to me this semester. First published in 1983, this book has been a staple for graphic designers, practitioners and students alike. It was written by Philip B. Meggs – an American graphic designer…More
Deforestation typographic GIF task
Task brief: Within our assigned teams we we’re asked to create one or several short animations that summarise the content of the article “Deforestation explained”, the aim of the task was to get us to experiment with expressive typography to help inspire and kickstart our Greenpeace brief. For this task I worked with Zafri.Our animations…More
Letterpress workshop 2 – metal type
This week we moved on from our previous letterpress workshop and endeavoured into the world of metal type letterpress. This uses the same methods as woodblock but you are working to a smaller scale and therefore have to be more precise. With metal letterpress you are subject to more detailed typefaces which gave us an…More
Performance art and video workshop with Kate Mahony
Kate Mahony is a British performance artist who studied an MFA at the Ruskin School of Art and is now an associate lecturer at Oxford Brookes. We we’re given the opportunity to attend a workshop from Kate about performance art and how to use that to enhance our presentations whilst at uni. We looked at…More
Class and ecology notes
Today with Luisa we wrapped up the last segment of our ecology series of lectures by looking at and speculating on class and ecology. We started off with an open ended question on what is class? It’s your social and economical position in society, relating to background, monetary place, way of living, dynamic, living and…More
Gendered objects task
In Luisa’s latest lecture we explored gender and identity within ecology, and also talked about the gendering of products. One of the tasks set in the lecture was to partner up and between us find and research 2 products that could be seen as gendered/sexist or that carry a gender bias and then question how…More
The different waves of feminism
Feminism is one of the oldest and most important movements in global history. It is omnipresent in modern day society. It is very deep and complex; there is no one single definition or set practice of feminism, it’s ever-changing as politics progresses. But feminism in a simple sense seeks to end gender discrimination and bring…More
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