Thought Experiments in Graphic Design Education

What happens when we look at graphic design education as a ‘thought experiment’?

Thought Experiments in Graphic Design Education documents an international mix of experimental, reflexive and speculative projects made by students, educators and practitioners who continue to question how and why graphic design is studied and practiced.

Over 50 pages of full-colour photographs are presented alongside new perspectives on enduring debates, including: education vs. industry; culture vs. commerce; art vs. design; specialism vs. generalism; structure vs. freedom; self-study vs. training; collaboration vs. competition; analogue vs. digital, concept vs. craft; and much more.

Using the book’s ‘time jump’ feature, readers can toggle back and forth between
concurrent activities encompassing dialogues, papers, manifestos, exhibitions, assignments, workshops, presentations, publications, commissions and self-initiated works.

Contributors: Bart de Baets, Stuart Bailey, Delphine Bedel, Victor Boullet, Lionel Bovier, Dante Carlos, James Corazzo, Daniel Eatock, Bianca Elzenbaumer, Kenneth Fitzgerald, Fabio Franz, John Hammersley, Harrisson, Ken Hollings, Brockett Horne, Scott King, Ken Kirton, Jono Lewarne, Alexander Lis, Yvan Martinez, Armand Mevis, Rens Muis, Silas Munro, Sebastian Pataki, Stuart Price, Darren Raven, Alexander Shoukas, Rebecca Stephany, Jon Sueda, Joshua Trees, and many more.

Schools represented: After School Club; Art Center College of Design; CalArts; California College of the Arts; Central Saint Martins; ERG, Belgium; Geneva University of Art and Design; Gerrit Rietveld Academie;
The Institute of Social Hypocrisy; KABK, The Hague; London College of Communication; Lost in the Forest Institute; Merz Academie, Stuttgart; MIT; North Carolina State University; Parsons, The New School for Design; Royal College of Art; San Francisco Art Institute; Stockport College; IAUV, Venice, Italy; The University of the West of England; and Werkplaats Typografie

Edition of 500
Riso printed
330 pages

Publisher: Booksfromthefuture
Editors: Yvan Martinez and Joshua Trees
Design: Ponto

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