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  • 025 Graphic Designers in Social Change
    Discussion on how Graphic Designers influenced social change from history to the present.
    Sources:
    https://www.whatdesigncando.com
    https://www.fastcompany.com/90526283/why-visual-design-has-never-been-more-important-for-educating-the-masses
    https://medium.com/nyc-design/how-to-design-for-social-change-571a18e70bf5
    https://undergraduate-blog.williamwoods.edu/2018/03/29/bachelors-in-graphic-design-social-change/
    https://www.aiga.org/designing-for-social-change-stumbles-to-strategies
    22 min
  • 024 Judge a Book by Its Cover
    Judge a Book By Its Cover is produced and edited by Sara, Chase, and Hailey. The podcast centers around various discussion topics such as, what makes an effective book cover, authors and designers and their roles regarding the creation and publication process, as well as trends within the industry and how future technologies or processes affect or will affect the evolution of book covers as well as designers themselves.
    Links
    https://99designs.com/blog/trends/book-cover-design-trends/
    https://www.grapheine.com/en/history-of-graphic-design/history-of-book-covers-1
    https://writersedit.com/fiction-writing/writers-reality-book-covers/
    https://buzbooks.com/the-importance-of-book-cover-design/
    https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-book-cover
    https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2014/06/book-cover-success-and-failure-explained/
    21 min
  • 023 Criticism
    Criticism is essential when it comes to design because it gives the artist the ability to reach their full potential and improve their skills.
    https://designobserver.com/feature/criticism_love/38310
    https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/what-is-the-purpose-of-art-criticism
    https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/the-importance-of-critique-art
    https://designobserver.com/feature/why-write-about-graphic-design/34358
    https://edtechbooks.org/id/design_critique
    16 min
  • 022 Can You Separate the Artist From Their Work?
    In this episode Morgan, Thom, and Lauren discuss problematic artists/designers such as Pablo Picasso, Herbert Bayer, and Alfred Stieglitz as well as their impact on art history and culture. This episode also covers if it is possible to separate the art from the artist and how cancel culture applies to historical figures.
    27 min
  • 021 Bygone Design
    On this episode of Design&, Katy, Noah, and Chloe look into design’s history by talking about two practices of design that have been forgotten including neon signs and war paint.
    Sources:
    1. David Hutson quote
    https://www.route66news.com/2017/07/24/man-behind-many-route-66-neon-sign-restorations/
    2. Link to Christoph Ribbat's book Flickering Light: A History of Neon
    https://books.google.com/books/about/Flickering_Light.html?id=HSajHyr8Oq4C&source=kp_book_description
    3. Richard Parry quote
    https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/8986/tracing-the-illuminating-history-of-neon
    1. The Evolution of Tatau and Ta Moko: Pacific and Maori Tattooing
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYhIWkaEsVg
    17 min
  • 020 Design Through The Eyes Of Social Media
    In this podcast, we will discuss the role graphic designers play in the creation of social media platforms and why their role is so important, going into detail on the strategies graphic designers employ to keep social media users interested and giving personal opinions of how these strategies and social media in general have affected our lives today.
    - https://thenetmencorp.com/2017/01/how-does-a-graphic-designer-play-a-role-in-social-networks/
    - https://www.graphicdesigndegreehub.com/faq/how-does-social-media-affect-a-graphic-designer/#:~:text=Graphic%20designers%20play%20a%20large%20role%20in%20social,a%20role%20in%20maintaining%20a%20site%E2%80%99s%20user%20experience.
    - https://study.com/articles/social_media_designer_job_description_salary.html
    - Wireframe Podcast: Is Good Design Good For You?
    - 99% Invisible Podcast with Michael Bierut
    - https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/technology/personaltech/apple-music-is-strong-on-design-weak-on-social-networking.html
    30 min
  • 019 Graphic Design in Music
    In this episode, Anna Simpson, Maddy Winters, and Maya Shelby discuss the role graphic design has played in the past and present of the music industry as well as commentary on where graphic design will take the industry in the future.
    22 min

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Design& is made by the students at the School of Design at Louisiana Tech University. On each episode, students look critically at the connection design can have in the world around us.