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  1. Apr 2017
    1. How do we begin to rectify this imbalance in history, the lack of exposure, source material, and recognition?
      • the rhetorical question motivates us as the reader to look into the hisotry and attempt to change our perceptions on genderism
    2. Recently, after the passing of her studio partner, she has finally begun receiving more recognition for her work.
      • its evident that without men the recognistion of women are more frequently exposed
    3. 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.
      • she was the one who designed the signs and contrubtued to the comunity, yet when it was time to recognise, her male partner was given the credit for the fact that he, a man was of more higher class
    4. there’s just this big gap that doesn’t tell the entire story of graphic design.”
      • even thought women are not recognised, if they were to leave, the industry of graphic design would not be as significant as now
    5. because they were and are part of the history that’s shaping graphic design.
      • women are actually doing the work men do yet they are still ignored.
      • maybe the women were even better wokr than the men, howvere due to gender inequality the women in design were less fortunate to their recgonition
    6. 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.
      • attaching professor to the womans name shows that yes there are female designers who are significant and they contirbute to the community just as men do, so why are females less looked up to?
    7. 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.
      • throughtout histroy, there were many women were talented and gifted, however their blessings were rejected and overlooked
      • the work of men over women were much more significant
    8. women to be solely homemakers and nurture families
      • the statement reiterates that women were not fit enought to be wroking in the design industy rather they were meant for domestic work and domestic work only
    9. 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.
      • the dominance in number of males over female is clearly highlighted to show that during school students are exposed to more male desingers compared to females
    10. Women of Graphic Design, talks through some of the issues facing women in the past, and regrettably, in our industry today.
      • even after the time periods of change, the issues are still ongoing today and this brings the shame and dissapointment
    11. 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.
      • just by reading the first topic sentence, we understand the situation that is currently occuring in graphic design and that is why it must be talked about
    12. Women in Graphic Design (and why we need to talk about them)
      • the fact that this topic is being mentioned shows that in the industry of graphic design there perhaps may be the lack of gender equality
    1. There are now more than 8,000 Boris Bikes and 550
      • the facts and figures allow the audience to the realise the great participation towards cycling
      • this also motivates them to also partcipate as they are persuaded by the large number of participants
    2. What is striking about these parks is the positive impact they can have on their surrounding neighbourhoods,
      • a more social and united neighbourhood
      • the chance to meet new people and socialise
    3. What I remember about that day was the sense of calm, how quiet it was, and how generous the streets actually felt.
      • a clear indication of the benefits of cycling and the disadvanatges of not cylcing
      • cycling brought a new atmosphere into the enironement
    4. 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.
      • the advantages cycling would bring to the country, externally as well as internally as econmics and energy consumptions
    5. century and a half,
      • it is shame that its taken so long to realise the importance of cycling and its positive effects on people as well as the environment
    6. 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.
      • back to the topic of bicycles allows the audience to stay focuseed on the fact that, riding bikes, will also contribute to the preservation of the environment
    7. London’s sewage was deposited into the River Thames, out of which the city’s drinking water was being collected.
      • sewage being transported to the river would have effected the marine life existing in the river
      • the river would gradually become polluted damaging the evironment internally
    8. and that these buildings would be brick.
      • learnt from past experiences, they now know that houses being built by brick will save much of the devastatiin in future cases.
    9. the change it might bring to our cities and our lives.
      • in order for this to happen, events like this must be more frequent to motivate people into cycling and living a healthier changed life
    10. Recently I took four weeks out of the office to cycle from Chicago to New York and to visit cities along the way.
      • the fact that he took off work highlights that cycling to him is more dominant that work
      • here we can witness that cycling not only improves health but allows you to sight see along the way
    11. I believe that cycling might just be the catalyst for a 21st Century urban renaissance.
      • a confident statement showing that riding bikes will become more frequent in the future
    12. but a healthy, efficient and sustainable mode of transport that city planners wanted in their armoury.
      • the start towads living a better and healthier lifestyle
      • positive attiude towards the event
      • encouraging others to participate in using bikes instead of travelling in cars, buses, trains, etc
    13. Wikipedia reports that there are 535 cycle-share schemes in 49 countries, employing more than half a million bikes worldwide.
      • the article references wikipedia to show that the launch of boris bike really was a significant event
      • it also supports London as it mentions the number of countries that are also employing bikes