there are a lot of social issues which are important to me, and i believe all of these can be addressed through graphic design, however I have narrowed them down into a few options to focus my essay on. My options are:
- the UK housing crisis
- fast fashion - it's impact on people and the environment
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i would like to explore how graphic design can make sociological and political ideas more accessible, especially to young people, by making them more engaging - most people don't have the time or energy to read book after book on theory, and as such most young people get their political ideas from internet posts
- my idea is to make a series of eye catching graphics which can be published online/ pasted up in public spaces to encourage people to think
Spotted poster in Hyde Park:
Which lead me here:
https://www.weareadg.org/
Autonomous Design Group is an independent collective of designers, artists and creatives opposed to capitalism and authoritarianism.
We maintain that the aesthetic is of vital importance in the terrain of political struggle.
We aim to offer artistic support to a wide range of groups and movements and encourage everyone to contact us for designs.
We are open to new members; send us a message if you would like to get involved.
All our designs are open-source and editable.
We use a combination of collage, creative graphical elements, strong typography and colour palettes to depart from the usual red and black style of the left - an aesthetic which we believe comes across as dated and out of touch.
The communication of ideas in an approachable and clear way is especially important given that the coming years will define the future of humanity. We have until 2030 to prevent being locked into ecological collapse.
We believe in building and supporting popular, unmediated struggle against capitalism.
We reject art as an object of bourgeoisie enjoyment: artists have mainly only interpreted the world in various ways; the point however is to change it.
Our goal in the mass dissemination of ideas through the street in order to change life. The placing of art onto the street should not just be a one-off thing, a small act of rebellion, photographed and catalogued into an object, which can later be turned into a commodity and sold. Instead posters and stickers should be produced on mass as cheaply as possible, everywhere, repeated thousands of times over, affecting the geography of space, and millions of people’s consciousness.
Some of their work:
Their about page lists other similar projects which I then looked into:
http://www.posterworkshop.co.uk/
https://open.library.ubc.ca/search?q=*&p=0&sort=0&view=2&circle=n&dBegin=&dEnd=&c=9&collection=berkpost
https://seeredwomensworkshop.wordpress.com/
https://corita.org/
also - how does meme culture and aesthetic influence the political opinions of young people?
https://www.reddit.com/r/DankLeft/
I'm struggling with getting stared with this essay as it is very broad - I could write about pretty much anything, and every time I start researching something it takes me off on a tangent to another topic I'm interested in. So far I've thought about green-washing, appropriation of familiar images, the housing crisis, class consciousness and a million other things... I am finding it very difficult to pick a topic and find source material which doesn't then alter what I have chosen to write about.
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