Caps Lock
How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape From It
CAPS LOCK uses clear language and striking visual examples to show how graphic design and capitalism are inextricably linked.
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Specificaties
ISBN/EAN | 9789493246034 |
Auteur | Ruben Pater |
Uitgever | Valiz |
Taal | Engels |
Uitvoering | E-Book |
Pagina's | 552 |
Capitalism could not exist without the coins, banknotes, documents, information graphics, interfaces, branding, and advertising made by graphic designers. Even strategies such as social design and speculative design are easily appropriated to serve economic growth. It seems design is locked in a cycle of exploitation and extraction, furthering inequality and environmental collapse. CAPS LOCK is a reference work that uses clear language and visual examples to show how graphic design and capitalism have come to be inextricably linked. The book features designed objects, but also examines how the professional practice of designers itself supports capitalism. Six radical graphic design collectives are featured that resist capitalist thinking in their own way, inspiring a more sustainable and less exploitative practice of graphic design.