Caps Lock: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from It Contributor(s): Pater, Ruben (Author) |
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ISBN: 9492095815 ISBN-13: 9789492095817 Publisher: Valiz OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2021 |
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BISAC Categories: - Design | Graphic Arts - Typography - Art | Art & Politics |
Physical Information: (0.95 lbs) 528 pages |
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Publisher Description: On design's complicity in systems of oppression: critique and exit strategies from the author of The Politics of Design Our current economic system could not exist without the number systems, coins, banknotes, documents, advertisements, interfaces, typefaces and information graphics that graphic designers have helped to create. Even speculative design and social design play their part in fueling the economic system. Capitalism has brought tremendous wealth, but it has not done so evenly. Extreme income inequality and environmental destruction is the price future generations have to pay for unbridled economic growth. The question is whether ethical graphic design is even possible under such conditions. |