The rules of graphic communication design are being rewritten and its canonical figures and works of the 20th Century are being unseated by new perspectives from the cultural and economic fringes, new models of practice and new media hybrids. Meanwhile, design outcomes are shifting from print-based…
Produced as part of 'Power, Protest & Participation', a partnership event at the Design Museum coinciding with the exhibition 'Hope to Nope: Graphics & Politics 2008-18'. Peter Hall, Pali Palavathanan and Stephen McCarthy discuss the impact that graphic communication designers can have on social, political and ethical life.
Context, context, context! Niels Schrader of KABK (The Hague) chats with Peter Hall about design education, information design, socio-political engagement, algorithmic thinking, and more.
In our latest edition of our Behaviour Change series, Peter Hall, Martin Percy and Tom Lloyd discuss designing for health with particular reference to PearsonLloyd's 'A Better A&E' and Martin Percy's 'Lifesaver VR'.
S2 Ep. 1 – with Mollie Courtenay and Rejane Dal Bello
Peter Hall meets David Crow, UAL Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of Colleges for Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon. Peter and David discuss the shifting landscape of design education and the importance of collaboration, as well as David's books 'Visible Signs: An Introduction to Semiotics' and 'Left to Right: The Cultural Shift from Words to Pictures'. Prior to entering the world of Art & Design Education, David worked as a designer in London for Assorted iMaGes and as Art Director for Island Records before running his own consultancy. As a freelance designer he worked for clients in the cultural sector including Rolling Stones Records, Virgin Records, Phonogram and the Royal Shakespeare Company.