#politicsofdesign

The Detroit Printing Co-Op: The Politics of the Joy of Printing⁣ Available at www.draw-down.com⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ A timely exploration of political organizing, publishing, design, and distribution in 1970s Detroit⁣ ⁣ Operating between 1969 and 1980 out of southwest Detroit, the Co-op was the site for the printing of the first English translation of Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle and journals like Radical America, produced by the Students for a Democratic Society; books such as The Political Thought of James Forman printed by the League of Revolutionary Black Workers; and the occasional broadsheet, such as Judy Campbell’s stirring indictment, “Open letter from ‘white bitch’ to the black youths who beat up on me and my friend.”⁣ ⁣ #craft #politicsofdesign #DetroitPrintingCoop #DanielleAubert #InventoryPress https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bCh61nxgz/?igshid=1ut0zvqg3av8s

Today SAVE 9% on everything with code “TAKE9” / The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Design Manual for Visual Communication / Available at www.draw-down.com / Many designs that appear in today’s society will circulate and encounter audiences of many different cultures and languages. With communication comes responsibility: are designers aware of the meaning and impact of their work? An image or symbol that is acceptable in one culture can be offensive or even harmful in the next. A typeface or color in a design might appear to be neutral, but its meaning is always culturally dependent. If designers learn to be aware of global cultural contexts, can they avoid stereotyping and help improve mutual understanding between people? The #PoliticsofDesign is a collection of visual examples from around the world. Using ideas from anthropology and sociology, it creates surprising and educational insight in contemporary visual communication. The examples relate to the daily practice of both online and offline visual communication: typography, images, color, symbols, and information. Designed by #RubenPater / Published by BIS Publishers, 2018 #graphicdesign #design #typography #politicaldesign https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGvF2GgGK8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19oz9yeqx8pk6

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