Graphic Design Needs to Take Responsibility: Embedding Social Awareness and Ethics Through Social Science Knowledge and Pedagogical Change.
Graphic design aims to affect human thought or behavior through visual communication. To do so effectively, designers need a robust understanding of why people behave as they do and the appropriate research skills to explore the wider social and cultural landscape. All the principles involved in und...
| Publicado en: | Design Issues Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 15 - 28 |
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MIT Press
Spring2024
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