By Jorge Frascara and Dietmar R. Winkler From Design Research Quarterly Volume 3, Number 3 July 2008 Design Research Society ISSN 1752-8445 Peter K. Storkerson, Editor Editor’s Introduction: Communication design, generally, is an outlier in the larger field of design, by virtue of its non-participation in empirical research and its lack of interest in […]
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Attempts to Streamline World Languages In 1973, Irish (Gaeilge) was accorded “treaty language” status by the European Union with the advantage that the founding treaty was restated in Irish. Irish (Gaeilge) was declared one of the authentic languages with which to correspond with EU institutions. However, despite being the first official language of Ireland, including […]
Helvetica: the film (unedited)
In Visible Language journal, 2010 The King has been dismissed. Long live the Commoner or long live the next king and the next common fad. Most likely, anything useful about “Helvetica,” the film, has been said already. The individual designers who were interviewed during the documentary process framed some of the reasons for its success, […]
Failure? Isn’t it Time to Slay the Design Dragon
Visible Language Journal Special IssueCommunication Design Failures:Function & interpretationscrutinized (07/09/09) Warden, Road Prison 36: “What we got here is…failure to communicate. You run one time, you got yourself a set of chains. You run twice you got yourself two sets. You ain’t gonna need no third set, ‘cause you gonna get your mind right. Some […]