As part of the design discourse element of the LLC P/T MA a discussion group has been formed consisting of:
Ben Dunning (me)
Emily Fox
Kemal Gezer
Rebecca Lee
Tom Longmate
Eleanor Maclure
Our first meeting took place on 10/03/10 in the LCC library. An interesting debate quickly developed. Our initial plan is to each re-read the design discourse briefs key articles and then post on this blog a brief outline of a position or idea that has been inspired by these texts or came out of our initial talk
Comments
Ok, here’s my comment.
Ian was pretty helpful in my tutorial. He said there are equivalent organisations/councils/unions: ICOGRADA and AIGI are two, although he said these organisations are usually more concerned with fees than ethics. He thought we should write our own manifesto. I think this is a great idea. What do you all think?
FYI
ICOGRADA
AIGA (I think this is what you meant Emily?)
Others I have found that are linked and or similar are:
design council
Graphic Artist Guild
The Institute of Designers in Ireland
British Design Innovation
It’s a mixed bunch. See what you think.
I will add this comment to my post about a union or professional body for UK designers (or maybe further afield?) being my proposal of a topic for us to work on. Unless we actually think maybe we can agree on the overall topic straight away and this is it?
Since our first meeting I have felt the urge submit a post based on a few areas of discussion that we had. You can surmise from this that I am also interested in this focus of discussion.
I have identified the following interesting areas of discussion which I shall post separately; this is more for recap than anything:
1. Responsibility of the Visual Communicator
2. Honesty in Design
3. Amateur Designer
I really like Emily’s idea of writing our own manifesto. Before going further with this idea or debating other discussion ideas I like to post of a summary of historical context about social responsibility of Graphic Design (Graphic Design Theory – Princeton Architectural Press edited by Helen Armstrong.)
Thanks for this Kemal, I have a vision of us projecting our manifesto on LCC’s beautiful tower one night, and on the other art colleges…
Thought this might interest you all in light of our discussion. I think it’s a load of Bo£$*cks personally http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8551661.stmc
How do I put up a new post?