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The designer as author, producer, activist, entrepreneur, curator & collaborator : new models for communicating / Steven McCarthy.

By: McCarthy, Steven JMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam : BIS, 2013Description: 247 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9789063692926 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Graphic artsDDC classification: 741.6 Summary: The role of designers in communication and visual culture is evolving, from designers serving as commercial 'hired guns' to assuming the more empowering roles of design authorship. It has become standard practice in design education to teach designers to develop their own voice and create self-initiated projects. Here, McCarthy provides an overview of the phenomenon of design authorship and interviews many international designers who have taken on different roles as authors or producers of their own projects.

The role of designers in communication and visual culture is evolving, from designers serving as commercial 'hired guns' to assuming the more empowering roles of design authorship. It has become standard practice in design education to teach designers to develop their own voice and create self-initiated projects. Here, McCarthy provides an overview of the phenomenon of design authorship and interviews many international designers who have taken on different roles as authors or producers of their own projects.

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