Communication & Graphic Design Research
Academic discussions about graphic and communication design
Design has never been more visible – yet rigorous design practice is increasingly absent. This post examines how design thinking and its offshoots hollowed out the discipline, replacing craft, critique, and accountability with process, abstraction, and performative mediocrity.
Examining ChatGPT's role in design education and assessing its benefits and challenges for course material creation, limitations in context and creativity, and discussing the need for human educators in design teaching over and above any potential benefit of AI text generation.
Some reflections on design interview methods and creative practice resesarch.
Design Thinking has been around for a while, but remains under-critiqued. This recently published article challenges the hegemony of Design Thinking education, offering options for its future dissemination.
What’s the difference between graphic design and communication design? The two terms are the main ones used for both the academic discipline and the industry profession. However, many people appear to be unclear about what the terms mean and what practices they refer to.
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