Vicky Kafkaki – Graphic Design MA Falmouth University

This week we will:  Central to this proposition is the idea of engagement   How can designers engage local communities, groups of people or individuals, to help identify issues or challenges facing those local areas? How can designers amplify or explore more marginal voices and groups? How can we create opportunities for debate and discussion, and Read more

This week we  will analyze how artists and designers have become motivated to bring about change for the good and  highlight some key moments throughout history and the tools used for provocation. We will  conduct our own research into the history of artists and designers that instigate change. ” Service design is a relatively new field in Read more

In this lecture we watched Stuart Tolley in conversation with Darren Wall on how to: https://darrenwall.co/  Darren Wall is a publisher and art director based in Barcelona, Spain.  ” Obviously I’m based here in Barcelona and the majority of my work, in terms of client work, comes from the UK. There are exceptions to that but Read more

 Susanna Edwards interviews Angharad Lewis looking at ‘Content Review – Editing and Reflection’  Angharad Lewis is currently head of visual communication at the Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, where she has been working as a lecturer for a few years. She also worked as a writer and editor in the design worlds for Read more

This week we will talk about creative practitioner working in the field of publishing, and gain an insight into the challenges experienced when developing a new written publication. Lecture by Stuart Tolley  Ethnographic research describes the study of people’s lives from the perspective of within their communities. The term was first used to describe the Read more

This week we explored the genre of written communication and design and specifically graphic designers who write.  We also examine the interrelationship between critical writing and design. TOC 2011: Anna Gerber & Britt Iverson, “Visual Editions: Part Revolution, Part Reinvention… I like what they said:”We want to give people a surprise…we want our books to Read more