Globalisation, Sustainability, Ethics
Hi again. Here are some texts relating to the theme of Globalisation, Sustainability, Ethics. As I’m sure you’ll be aware, there are a number of stances you could approach these from, either as individual topics, or by linking two or more, so I’ve separated these out into each area, as well as including some more general sources
General
Hayward, S. (ed.) (2000), Why 2K? Anthology for a new era, London: Booth-Clibborn Editions – this looks at the state of the world at the turn of the millennium, and amongst other things has some interesting graphic representations of global phenomena such as global consumption of Coca Cola, the global spread of McDonalds, and the spread of world religions.
McKay, G. (ed.) (1998) DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain, London: Verso – a look at Britain in the 1990s, and the rise of a counter culture against all that Thatcher’s Britain, and a society based on Capitalism stood for
Ritzer, G. (2004) The McDonaldization of Society, London: Sage – applies the concepts of fast food to numerous other areas of society and consumption
Von Vegesack, A. and Eisenbrand, J. (eds.) (2006) Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living, Weil am Rhein: Vitra Design Museum – above all a book on sustainable architecture, but has some interesting graphic representations on global statistics including birth rates, life expectancy, land available to each individual etc. – all quite illuminating and also at times quite frightening.
The original 1964 ‘First Things First’ manifesto would be worth looking at. It is available in Looking Closer 3: Classic Writings on Graphic Design (741.601) page 154. Essentially, it was a rallying cry for graphic designers to try to turn their attentions to more serious concerns than more frivolous ones such as branding and packaging for arguably useless and meaningless products.
An updated version ‘First Things First Manifesto 2000’ can be found in Looking Closer Four: Critical Writings on Graphic Design (741.601) along with two short essays, ‘First things First, a brief history’, and First things First: Now More than Ever’, which appear in a section called ‘To the Barricades’.
In addition, Michael Bierut (a contrary American writer and critic) gives an interesting counterpoint to the First Things First Manifesto 2000 in his essay ‘Ten Footnotes to a Manifesto’ in Seventy-Nine Short Essays on Design (745.4, page 52 – 60).
Klein, N (2000) No Logo, London: Flamingo. Klein is one of the key writers and thinking in the anti-globalisation movement. Approach her work with the caveat that some of it is perhaps slightly one-sided and a little subjective, but this title has been highly influential and a best seller. Other tiles by her worth a look include The shock doctrine: the rise of disaster capitalism (2007, shelf mark 301.5) and Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the front lines of the globalization debate (2002, 301.5).
Globalisation
There are a lot of quite general books on Globalisation in section 301 of the library. More specific ones are dotted around but there are a lot in section 341.762. For the pedants amongst you, if you’re searching online (whether internet in general or library catalogue), be aware of American spellings as well, i.e. z rather than s.
A good general one is:
Steger (2003) Globalization: a very short introduction (341.762)
Other relevant titles might include:
Giddens (2002) Runaway World: how globalisation is shaping our lives (341.762)
Starr, Naming the Enemy: anti-corporate social movements confront globalisation (341.762)
Featherstone (1995) Undoing culture: globalization, postmodernism and identity (306.5)
Notes from nowhere (2003) We are everywhere: the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism (341.762)
McNally (2007) Another World is possible: popular alternatives to Globalization at the World social forum (341.762)
Sustainability
Birkeland, J. (2002) Design for Sustainability: A Sourcebook of Integrated Eco-logical
Solutions, London: Earthscan
Boylston, Designing Sustainable Packaging, 745.2
Chapman, J. (2005) Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy, London: Earthscan
Denison, Print and Production Finishes for sustainable design, 745.2
Dougherty (2008) Green Graphic Design (741.601)
Elffers and Schwarz (2010) Sustainism is the new Modernism (741.6)
Fry, Design Futuring: sustainability, ethics and new practice, 745.4
Gant and Chapman, Designers, visionaries and other stories: a collection of sustainable design essays, 745.2
Jedlicka,Sustainable Graphic Design: tools, systems and strategies for innovative print design, (741.6)
McDonough, W. and Braungart, M. (2002) Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make
Things, New York, North Point Press
Papanek, V. (1985) Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change, London:
Thames and Hudson
Papanek, V. (1995) The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture,
London: Thames and Hudson
Porritt, J. (2005) Capitalism as if the world matters, London: Earthscan
Sherin (2008) Sustainable: a handbook of materials and applications for graphic designers and their clients (745.2)
Walker, Sustainable by Design: explorations in theory and practice, 745.2
New York Times, 1997, In principle, a case for more ‘sweatshops’ [online] Available at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E6D8103EF931A15755C0A961958260
McDonough, W. (1992) The Hannover Principles Design for Sustainability [online] Available at: http://www.mcdonough.com/principles.pdf
Ethics
This is an interesting area which could be approached from different starting points, for example ethics as a philosophical concern, leading into the ethics behind what appears within graphic design, as well as graphic design which attempts to effect social change/represent ethical concerns.
For the former, see
Alia, Media Ethics and Social Change, 302.23
LaFollette, Blackwell Guide to ethical theory, (170)
Phillips, Ethics and Manipulation in advertising: answering a flawed indictment, 659.1
Roberts (2006) Good: an Introduction to ethics in graphic design (741.601)
Saunders, Best Ads: Shock in Advertising, 741.67 – this is quite old (1996), but may be useful in giving an indication of how controversial content has progressed over the last 10 – 15 years.
Spence and Van Heekeren, Advertising Ethics, 659.101
For the latter see
Alia, Media Ethics and Social Change, 302.23 (again)
Cranmer and Zappaterra, Conscientious Objectives: Designing for an ethical message, 741.601
McQuiston, Graphic Agitation: Social and Political Graphics since the Sixties and Graphic Agitation 2: social and political graphics in the digital age (both 741.605)
Phillips, Ethics and Manipulation in advertising: answering a flawed indictment, 659.1
Roberts (2006) Good: an Introduction to ethics in graphic design (741.601)
More to come soon concerning the other themes
James
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