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  • Week 11: Service Design. Graphic design for social good and change

    Georgina Lee and Jonathan Collie are co-founders of social-enterprise The Age of No Retirement and more recently the intergenerational community project The Common Room. George, with a background in design strategy and communication, and Jonathan with expertise in health and service design have formed an interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers and innovators to tackle issues… Read more

  • Week 10: Service Design. Graphic design for social good and change

    This week we will: Research a theme or social issue that raises questions connected to your locality. Analyse and evaluate methods of service design thinking and user-centred design processes, which help reveal issues about the group you are studying. Engage with local communities to identify issues that require design intervention. Deploy appropriate field-recording techniques and… Read more

  • Week 09: Service Design. Graphic design for social good and change

    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

  • Week 08: Graphic designers who write and publish

    In this lecture we watched Stuart Tolley in conversation with Darren Wall on how to: Develop and launch your own publishing company; Identify how to communicate with your potential audience; Analyse innovative print and digital production techniques and recognise the importance of a close working relationship with manufacturing companies; Take advantage of the advent of… Read more

  • Week 07: Graphic designers who write and publish

     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

  • Week 06: Graphic designers who write and publish

    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