COP3 Seminar

Article 1: Graphic design in the real world

1. What is the main argument of the article?
Main argument being made is that graphic design thinks its being activist by creating visual campaigns, which are actually rooted in creating publicity and awards for the people involved. Whereas graphic design can actually allow the users to make their own decisions and be activist this way- doing something that goes against the norm.

Visual communication allows the user to decide how they want to use the information. Persuasive activism works better

2. What is the main theoretical framework for the article?
-Victor Papanek, Design for the Real World (1997)
-Nigel Whitele, Design for Society

3. What types of design do they critique?
Visual communication (posters?) which use persuasive language

4. What might you as a designer take from this? what do you do with this information
We should be able to make our own decisions in response to a design.

Article 2: The Graphic Thing

1. What is 'thingness' as it relates to graphic design?
If a poster was 3D and had 6 faces when stuck onto something, it'd become more of a thing than a generic flat poster stuck to a wall, would it be more of a thing than an object?
-'things' do not have as much context
-thingness= own existence of its purpose

2. What is the main argument? what can we take from this?
Things are what we make of them, expanding the conventions of what a thing is...

3. Can you identify a coherent theoretical framework in the article?
Not really...doesn't need to be discussing linguistics etc to explain what thingness is in relation to objects, doesn't need a scientific explanation.

Article 3: The future of print design relies on interaction

1. How does this research article differ from the previous two?
They created an actual project and then discussed it, more technique focused and design outcome focused, particularly how it relates to interaction

2.What is the main aim or argument of the research?
How the print project shows its reliance on interaction

3. Does the author utilise a theoretical framework?
yes