Defamiliarisation | Modes of Criticism

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Operationalising the Means: Communication Design as Critical Practice

Jan van Toorn — Articles, Magazine

Essay by Jan van Toorn about the need to politicise method in order to work towards the development of a critical practice.

Defamiliarisation, Brecht and Criticality in Graphic Design

Peter Buwert — Articles, Magazine

Article by Peter Buwert investigating criticality in graphic design, building upon the tradition of Viktor Shklovsky and Bertolt Brecht.

Modes of Criticism 2 – Critique of Method

Francisco Laranjo — Magazine

Issue 2 of Modes of Criticism – Critique of Method, with contributions by Anne Bush, Peter Buwert, Jan van Toorn, Noel Waite, Ahmed Ansari and Matthew Kiem.