Alex Cameron  - Why the graphic design canon matters?
Channel: The New Art School
Date: 2020-11-06

The canon is not exclusionary. It is the consolidation of what is judged to be transformative and historically momentous. The canon is not an award ceremony, but a veneration of those who have illuminated and revolutionised design in relation to society. It is an educational beacon for all. This presentation will look at the recent and growing calls to ‘decolonise’ the canon. Positioning it as merely the latest in a long line of attacks on the historic role of graphic design, by the design elite. Of course, the canon should be the subject of debate and contestation, but the call to decolonise it, is neither of these. I will argue that it is part of a wholesale rejection of the canon, graphic design history, judgement, and the materiality of graphic design in society.

Biographical information
Alex Cameron is a graphic designer, lecturer, and design critic. He holds an MA in Design Writing and Criticism from the London College of Communication. He has art directed and redesigned numerous magazines in the travel, music, politics, architecture, education, and transport sectors. Alex has lectured at East London University and Plymouth University and has organised design conferences and exhibitions. Alex writes or has written for, Blueprint, Design Observer, Design Week, Eye, Future Cities Project, I love Typography and Spiked. He is now based in Madrid.
You can read a selection of his articles at: https://alexcamerondesign.wixsite.com/criticism

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