Wild Images (Other Douros)
A nostalgia of my own I use generative artificial intelligence to create fictional images of the Douro as an interdimensional region, intersected by extremely advanced technologies, spacecraft, and robots – yet poor, peripheral, and…
Generative AI and the fear of images
This communication is about fear and response — i.e. iconophobia and iconoclasm. The starting point is online artificial intelligence tools such as Midjourney AI, Dall-e, or Stable Diffusion. These platforms generate images from natural…
‘Trendy’ – a critical anatomy of the role of trends in graphic design
With some variations, it always goes like this: A designer notices a trend. Many of their colleagues use the same font, or align text a certain way, or employ similar illustrations or images. They…
Unseen by Design 