Tag: Terry Eagleton

• The roles of neglecting images, form and style in graphic design’s political discourse

  

  It is not that designers avoid images. The issue is that they don’t speak about them — particularly when compared to the attention to detail devoted to typography. Conversations about form or style are infrequent and often vague, primarily consisting of labeling as “trendy” work and designers you disapprove of. This widespread avoidance of discussing…

  Monumentanea

  June 17, 2023

  Criticism, Design, Form, Image, politics of design

  First Things First Manifesto, Marxist criticism, Terry Eagleton

• Form is political

  

  What are we speaking about when we speak about the politics of design? The “First Things First Manifesto,” published originally in 1964 and updated periodically, is an excellent place to search for an answer. In brief, the manifesto appeals to designers to do less publicity work for corporate clients, choosing instead to solve public and…

  Monumentanea

  January 24, 2022

  Criticism, Design, Design Deontology, Design History, Formalism, politics of design

  First Things First Manifesto, Terry Eagleton