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A live recording of How women might move design forward and engender social change through creative practice, a panel discussion recorded at the Royal College of Art in London on 19 September 2024.The panel was part of Design Stories London, a collaboration between London's Royal College of Art and Warsaw's SWPS University, supported by the British Council and Polish Cultural Institute London. It was hosted by Disegno's editor-in-chief Oli Stratford, and featured Alicja Bielawska, a visual artist and assistant professor at SWPS; Ewa Klekot, a professor of anthropologist with SWPS; Joyce Yee, a Professor of Design and Social Innovation at Northumbria School of Design; and Teal Triggs, a professor, historian and writer around graphic design at the Royal College of Art.This event served as a springboard for the upcoming edition of Design Stories Warsaw, scheduled for November 2025 as part of the UK/Poland Cultural Season 2025. The Warsaw edition will be part of the British Council's cultural exchange program between the UK and Poland. Design Stories is also a part of the wider Looking Through Objects project, including a touring exhibition, lecture series, talks and interviews organised in different locations across Poland, UK, Belgium and the Baltic states. This project is a collaboration between the Royal College of Art and SWPS University. It is supported by the British Council. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Teal Triggs is an educator, historian, and designer. She is currently Associate Dean in the School of Communication at Royal College of Art in London and editor-in-chief of the design journal Communication Design. She's written extensively on the intersection of design and popular culture for publications like Eye, Visual Communication, and Design Issues. In this episode, Teal and I talk about her background in design and history, the role of research, and looking at design history beyond the canonical objects. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm.
Our “genre” this month (Zines!) is one that is close to our hearts. We discuss our extensive and not so extensive backgrounds in zine reading and creation, what distinguishes zines from other self-publishing efforts, how Matthew is a big cheater, whether the motivations behind writing zines is different from reading zines, when Amanda and Meghan used to be twins, the best time of day to make a zine, perzines, artzines, wordless zines, and Kirk/Spock fan fiction. Your Hosts This Episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Amanda Wanner Zines Read (in order of appearance): Never Finish Grad School Skillshot Taking the Lane #1, #2, #9 by Elly Blue Culinary Cyclist (zine?!) Fix your clothes by Raleigh Briggs Fashion (We couldn’t find it in the catalogue!) Great Chicken Escape by Nikki McClure Eggheads by Rick Quemado Puddles of Cute by Leda Zawacki Samurai Dreams #6 Velo Vixen #1, #2 by Rachel Krause Long Distance #1 by Sassy Fran Circus Dropping out for Students by Cavegirl He/Her/Him Free/Frer/Frim by Adrian Prawns Sinclair, Sylvie LS, Jewels Generic The Jaded Review Astronaut and Alien by Jen Deberux Fluffah by Kelsey Smith A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation #1, #3, #6 by Joshua Chapman (aka Zachary) Peach Melba Links: “Fa[n]zines by Teal Triggs and why you should not buy the book” The Copy Scams (music about making zines) Best Game Over (a card game about zines!) Meghan’s youtube video about making a zine Xtra Tuff (zine about fishing in Alaska) Zine Librarian Facebook Group Digitizing zines debate Kirk/Spock Interview with the creator of A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation Software tools Scribus Gimp Places and Events The Anchor Archive Zine Library The Independent Publishing Resource Center Vancouver Public Library's Zine Collection Vancouver Comics Arts Festival Olympia Zine Fest The Zine Pavilion at ALA Matthew’s zine things 365 Zines a Year Article about the VPL Zine collection Poster about creating zine collections in libraries Episode of the SS Librarianship podcast about zines Questions What is more important in reading Zines: community or creation? What do you think of the ‘fake’ Star Trek Zine - does it ruin it to know it wasn’t a true story? What is a photocopier? “In this dramatization of transcripts from a legal deposition, a lawyer becomes embroiled in an absurd argument about the definition of a photocopier.” What is QUILTBAG? It stands for Queer/Questioning, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Trans*, Bisexual, Asexual, Gay/Genderqueer. Our Zines The On-Call Waltz, a zine by Anna and Meghan, can be obtained by tweeting at us or emailing ferritalelibrarian@gmail.com. Two-Fisted Library Stories (Previously Two-Fisted Librarians) Call for submissions for Two-Fisted Library Stories #6 Call for Submissions for Spicy Library Stories Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts for all the Zines people in the club read (or tried to read), and follow us on Twitter! Join us again on Tuesday, September 20th, when we discuss books about Spies and Espionage!
As author of Fanzines: The DIY Revolution, Teal Triggs has been on the Desert Isolation Discs wish list for some time. Her study of publishing’s finest form is an excellent examination of their loudmouth birth (titles included Crap Hound and Beer Can Fanzine) and cultural influence. The American living in London has enjoyed a lengthy career first as a photographer and then an academic, teaching graphic design. Meeting up at the Royal Academy of Arts in Kensington, Teal talks me through the eight songs still in her suitcase, explains why she’s not a typical Texan and reveals which zine she couldn’t live without. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this Episode of Nobody Cares About Your Stupid Zine Podcast, Derek Neuland and Alex Wrekk discuss the book Fanzines by Teal Triggs and several issues surrounding it including copyright and etiquette as they interview Ramsey Beyer (illustrator and List zine) Amber Forrester (http://www.hello-amber.com/) and Jerianne Thompson (librarian and editor of Zine World).Portland Zine SymposiumWe Make ZinesHow do y’all feel about this?Fanzinesbytealtriggs.weebly.comZine World Music by Kainath