conferences or discussion panels
- involves different opinions and perspective
- the more social input the mpre stronger the arugment becomes
conferences or discussion panels
Women’s Design + Research Unit
How do we begin to rectify this imbalance in history, the lack of exposure, source material, and recognition?
Recently, after the passing of her studio partner, she has finally begun receiving more recognition for her work.
Presently, all road signs in Great Britain include her designs, an important contribution to the cultural landscape of England, but attempting to research this work and topic results in articles surrounding her partner, Jock Kinneir.
there’s just this big gap that doesn’t tell the entire story of graphic design.”
because they were and are part of the history that’s shaping graphic design.
Lucinda Hitchcock
Lucinda Hitchcock is a professor in Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design, as well as a member of the Design Office in Providence, Rhode Island.
Design history has long overlooked women in our narrative, despite continuously having a large group of women active in the field of graphic design over the past century.
women to be solely homemakers and nurture families
three hundred and twenty-three independent designers listed — twenty-two women. In the history of graphic design, my classmates and I were learning about just twenty-two women.
Women of Graphic Design, talks through some of the issues facing women in the past, and regrettably, in our industry today.
It is often discussed, academically and informally, that the presence of female designers missing from the history of graphic design is a sore oversight of the profession.
Women in Graphic Design (and why we need to talk about them)
There are now more than 8,000 Boris Bikes and 550
comes heavy traffic, noise and pollution
What is striking about these parks is the positive impact they can have on their surrounding neighbourhoods,
What I remember about that day was the sense of calm, how quiet it was, and how generous the streets actually felt.
Cycling should mean a fitter population and a longer life expectancy, which would take pressure off the National Health Service and bring huge economic benefits. It would of course also reduce energy consumption.
century and a half,
This monumental feat of engineering offers us the best precedent for the impact the bicycle might have on London or any city for that matter.
London’s sewage was deposited into the River Thames, out of which the city’s drinking water was being collected.
and that these buildings would be brick.
the change it might bring to our cities and our lives.
Recently I took four weeks out of the office to cycle from Chicago to New York and to visit cities along the way.
I believe that cycling might just be the catalyst for a 21st Century urban renaissance.
but a healthy, efficient and sustainable mode of transport that city planners wanted in their armoury.
Wikipedia reports that there are 535 cycle-share schemes in 49 countries, employing more than half a million bikes worldwide.
mayor Boris Johnson