Consider this simple conundrum: is it possible to be a bad good
designer or a good bad designer for that matter? If the answer is yes
then which is preferable and what does this reveal about the
relationship between ethics and design practice? Good: An Introduction
to Ethics in Graphic Design seeks to answer these questions. Graphic
design is in ethical flux. Good comes at a time of growing
disenchantment with style-led design solutions and the pursuit of
self-expression alone and yet vacuous design judgements are still made
without any real analysis of the criteria used. The terms good and bad
are repeatedly applied without qualification whilst the relationship
between personal and professional ethics is far too contentious to do
any more than give cursory consideration. Despite recent manifestos
and themed publications on design for good graphic designers have yet
to examine what such terms really mean: in a time of relativism it has
been far too divisive to do so. Good takes philosophy as its starting
point but is not a philosophy book. It seeks to marry abstract ideas
with practical application, removing some of the mystique that
surrounds philosophy and highlighting its relevance for us all.
Designers are people. This book seeks to engage designers in a debate
about their profession and in an analysis of their value and worth.
The decisions we make define us, in our ethical choices we reveal who
we are.
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ISBN
9782940439980
Publisert
2011
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
AVA Publishing
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Antall sider
200
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