Graphic Events: A Realist Account of Graphic Design

James Dyer; Nick Deakin

Graphic Events: A Realist Account of Graphic Design

James Dyer (Editor), Nick Deakin (Editor)

Leeds Arts University

Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Abstract

Once an object of graphic design leaves the designer’s computer, it enters an unpredictable and precarious existence in the world. Posters, packaging and flyers may be ripped from walls, littered on streets or left to fade in shop windows. This chasm between the conception and the material life of designed objects is familiar and apparent to all, but is curiously under-theorized within the discipline.
Graphic Events calls on graphic designers to embrace the uncertainty their designs face as they circulate in the world. It proposes that, rather than ignore the fact or to attempt to “solve” the problem, designers should play with this unpredictable process. This volume contains interviews with and essays by philosophers, graphic designers, photographers and artists, as well as a poem by Philip Larkin and an excerpt from a memoir by Patti Smith that engage with graphics in the real world.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Eindhoven
Publisher	Onomatopee
Number of pages	250
ISBN (Print)	9789493148666
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2023
Event	Graphic Events: At The Asphalt Level - Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 22 Oct 2022 → 5 Nov 2022

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De-Signing Ambiguity
Dyer, J. & Petersen, C., 1 Jul 2021, Design Culture(s): Cumulus Conference Proceedings Roma 2021. Di Lucchio, L., Imbesi, L., Giambattista, A. & Malakuczi, V. (eds.). Cumulus, Vol. 2. p. 4500-4513 14 p. (Cumulus Roma; vol. 2, no. 7).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Collision. Everyday Graphic Design
Deakin, N. & Dyer, J., 1 Jul 2020, In: Evental Aesthetics. 9, 1, p. 95-102 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Speculative Graphic Design: The Idiot's-Eye-View
Dyer, J., 10 Dec 2020, In: Message. 4, 1, p. 87-101 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

3 Invited talk
1 Organising a conference, workshop, ...
1 Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
1 Oral presentation

Graphic Events: Journeying in Bohemia
Dyer, J. (Speaker)
27 Feb 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Graphic Events: In Conversation
Dyer, J. (Speaker)
22 Oct 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Graphic Events: At The Asphalt Level
Dyer, J. (Speaker)
22 Oct 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Graphic Events: Street Graphics in Print
Dyer, J. (Speaker)
22 Oct 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Speaking of Graphic Events
Dyer, J. (Organiser)
12 Oct 2022 → 22 Nov 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...

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