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Publication Date: 2012-May
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Good Design is Good Social Change: Envisioning an Age of Accountability in Communication Design Education
Bennett, Audrey
Visible Language, v46 n1-2 p66-67, 69-78 May 2012
Using typography as its exemplar with its lack of clear performance criteria, this article questions what is good design and how to measure a designer's accountability. Evaluation criteria are teased out from various perspectives: credibility, ease of use, stakeholder inclusion in the design process, respect for cultural dimensions and whether it adds to humanity and/or the environment. The article concludes with steps to social change. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Layout (Publications), Design, Accountability, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Criticism, Spatial Ability, Visual Environment, Design Requirements, Readability, Access to Information, Value Judgment, Social Change
Sharon H. Poggenpohl. Available from: Rhode Island School of Design. 2 College Street, Providence, RI 02903. Tel: 401-454-6570; Fax: 401-454-6117; Web site: http://trex.id.iit.edu/visiblelanguage/Directory.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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