8 articles in this issue
Teal Triggs,Cristina Portugal
Editorial: A conversationAs global digital networks increasingly gain traction, the importance of intercultural dialogue and cultural understanding is an imperative for the design community. Recent debates centered around decolonization, norm-critical des... see more
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Karen Bosy
This paper starts by considering the theories of Henri Lefebvre and Rosalind Krauss to outline an understanding of monumentality, drawing on the theories of the well-respected geographer and theorist Doreen Massey, which support the importance of understa... see more
Larissa Nowicki
The theoretical writing by textile designer and artist, Anni Albers, in her self-authored books On Designing (1961) and On Weaving (1965) provide artists and designers with insights and methods for stimulating resourceful and creative ingenuity. This arti... see more
Wenbo Ai
The author of this paper is an Mphil student studying at the Royal College of Art, School of Communication. His research topic concerns low literacy and literacy design and has two aims: firstly, to determine whether design language as a cognitively funct... see more
Tai Cossich
The Monga Show is the tropical version of the girl-to-gorilla trick, a sideshow act in which a beautiful lady mutates into an agitated gorilla, through an illusion technique called Pepper’s Ghost. This paper is a personal account of the process of buildin... see more
Cristina Portugal
This paper presents a reflection and discusses about the role of design in the complex context of media. Such environment encompasses information and communication technologies and the cultural communities where they have origin and develop. It also encom... see more
Teal Triggs,Tom Simmons,Emily Candela
RCA School of Communication Research Work in Progress AbstractsA diverse group of emerging communication researchers present their work-in-progress at Westworks in White City. Through a variety of activities – workshops, screenings, exhibits, talks, they ... see more