“The more things
you’re interested
in, the better your
work will be”
– Michael Beirut
Changing People’s Actions
I’ve decided that I’m going to tweak my question and go down a different route. Instead of focusing on whether designers can save the world by changing people’s behaviour, I’m going to focus on whether a graphic designer’s power to manipulate people’s actions is a good thing. “Is a graphic designer’s ability to manipulate people’s…
Reviewing “Can designers save the world without creating more stuff?”
I’ve chosen this article because it highlights an important question linking to my essay, how can designers change the world, if people’s behaviour doesn’t change. The author of this article; Chappell Ellison, is addressing the issue that the idea that “designers can save the world” is a half-truth, similar to “telling children that they could…
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