Design and Culture Journal

TIME TO GET PUBLISHED! Applications are open for the Emerging Scholars Workshop, the Design and Culture journal initiative that supports the work of scholars and practitioners who seek assistance and camaraderie in developing their work for publication. bit.ly/ESW2024

RECENT ARTICLE | “Design for the Speculative Future as Cultural Intermediary: Case Study on Chinese Weddings,” by Fangzhou Dong, Xin Shen, Sara Sterling & Kenny K. N. Chow. Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/175470… @Arts_Routledge

BOOK REVIEW | María del Mar Navarro reviews Gjoko Muratovski’s book Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice — "a timely publication and a pillar in the conversation about design research." Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/175470… @Arts_Routledge

RECENT ARTICLE | “'The Apple Way': Foucault, Design, Consumerism, and the Shaping of Apple Subjects,” by Melinda Gaughwin. Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/175470… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ARTICLE | “Un/Making the Plastic Straw: Designerly Inquiries into Disposability, Design and Culture” by Kristina Lindström & Åsa Ståhl. Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/175470… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ARTICLE | “Designing 'Down to Earth.' Lessons Learned from Transformative Social Innovation” by Virginia Tassinari and Ezio Manzini. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/175470… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ISSUE | Design and Culture Volume 15 Issue 1 March 2023 ⁠⁠is now available on @Arts_Routledge! Link in bio. Article on the cover: Planty Design Activism: Alliances with Seeds by Alexandra Crosby and Ilaria Vanni #newissue #designandculture #taylorandfrancis

BOOK REVIEW | Elaine Lopez reviewed the book Caps Lock: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design and How to Escape from It, written by Ruben Pater. Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

APPLY NOW | Hi everyone! This is Lisa Sneijder inviting you to take over my role of Social Media Editor at Design & Culture Journal! Email Macushla Robinson macushla.robinson@uconn.edu with your cover letter and CV. #applynow Deadline February 10, 2023.

WEBSITE REVIEW | Claire Elestwani reviewed the Pirate Care Syllabus which serves as the Project’s ongoing online resource for scholars of Western cultures and community-organizers interested in “activating collective processes of learning.” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ARTICLE | “Planty Design Activism: Alliances with Seeds” by Alexandra Crosby & Ilaria Vanni. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

BOOK REVIEW| Virginia Patterson reviewed Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers by Ellen Lupton, Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh Halstead, Kaleena Sales, Leslie Xia & Valentina Vergara bit.ly/3GG3qng @Arts_Routledge

APPLY NOW | Hi everyone! This is Lisa Sneijder inviting you to take over my role of Social Media Editor at the Design & Culture Journal! Email Macushla Robinson macushla.robinson@uconn.edu with your cover letter and CV. #applynow Deadline December 20, 2022.

BOOK REVIEW | Robert A. Beauregard reviewed Albena Yaneva’s book Latour for Architects, which is part of the series “Thinkers for Architects” that is edited by Adam Sharr. Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ARTICLE | “The Apotheosis of Steve Jobs: Belief and Desire in the Discourse of Design” by Stephen James Beckett. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

EXHIBITION REVIEW | Saraleah Fordyce reviews “Living with Scents” in the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA, (virtual exhibit ongoing). Curated by Elisabetta Pisu and Clara Muller. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ARTICLE | Have a quick listen to Nicola St John explaining her article “Designing on Western Arrarnta Country: The Ntaria Digital Drawings.” Listen to the full version on Instagram! Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ARTICLE | “Designing on Western Arrarnta Country: The Ntaria Digital Drawings” by Nicola St John is a visual narrative that presents the outcomes of a communication design education program with Western Arrarnta young adults. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ARTICLE & OPEN ACCESS | Listen to a snippet of Lesley-Ann Noel explaining her article “Designing New Futures for Design Education.” Full video on Instagram! Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge

NEW ARTICLE & OPEN ACCESS | “Designing New Futures for Design Education” by Lesley-Ann Noel shares a series of visual representations of guiding principles for design curricula that re-imagine a design education for the future. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Arts_Routledge