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- vrybdlydrwn
Hello everyone. I haven't really posted in while, but I'm not to sure many people know who I am anyway. But, I do despertatley need some NT lovin' right now.
I'm working on a research project based around the idea of designer responsibilty and their role in influencing public opinion. If anyone has any good sites, books, articles, live sources..whatever and would care to share it would be much appreciated. Any ideas?
Thanks ahead of time!
- fate0
Also do a search on the PVN for "Philosophy" I started a thread a couple days ago that lists a lot of the influential designers.
- vrybdlydrwn0
Thanks guys, this is a great start. I just picked up citizen designer recently, great book so far, anyone else have a chance to read it?
- ********0
I would have a look at Victor Papanek's 'Design for the real world' aswell as a number of his other books
- rasko40
the First Things First Manifesto
- ********0
Sagmeister had an interesting commentry on this site:
- ********0
I have this as a bookmark. I am not too sure how credible the writing is. But maybe worth looksing at and there maybe something in the back issues relating to what you are researching.
- mtr0
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obi…
...has a really interesting chapter about critical design practice and design for human/fictional values instead of industry values.
- vrybdlydrwn0
Anyone know of any sites/groups/individuals that deal especially in the realm of politics, and maybe even design art and propaganda (obey, banksy etc..). All relating of course to the original topic of designer responsibilty and influence on public opinion.
- rasko40
you sound mixed up. Banksy and Shep Fairey are graffiti (or post graffiti I should say) artists, graphic design is a commercial industry so I'm really not sure who you expect to hear about, a design company? a designer? an artist?
the FTF Manifesto link which was resurrected by Emigre and adbusters is probably the best link I could give, other than that you could look at artists such as barbara kruger, jenny holzer and ron english but I'm not sure what you are digging after, sounds a bit confused.
- rasko40
maybe http://www.adbusters.org would suit you?
- vrybdlydrwn0
Not quite confused, but maybe I'm being confusing.
Basically what I'm going after are folks like us, designers, visual communicators and there role in society and whether or not we have a certain responibilty to the public to inform and if so, are thre boundries, when and where do you stop. And I do have a tendancy to group folks like Shepard Fairey in this catogorey because they have used some of the same mediums as many other designers but his message isn't one of a corporation, but one created for a much more "grand" picture....but I guess I'm getting off topic again..oi, so much work to do.
Does anyone think I'm making sense, because if I'm not maybe I need to really rethink all this. Should work on that whole..communication thing....
BTW, thanks rasko, you've kind of made me rethink some of what I'm going after.
- rasko40
you should find out who did this site and see what their viewpoints are.
- F_180
try to find some info on a book called "graphic agitation" its all about graphic design and influencing public opion, sometimes through subversive measures.
- rasko40
theres also a book called 'obey the giant' by rick poynor that would be worth checking out.
you could probably pull some nice intellectual quotes from "the society of the spectacle' by Guy de Bord if you wanted to get deep about it but its not strictly design related.