Against Performative Positivity
Designer, researcher and educator Danah Abdulla on consumer capitalism, complacent convenience, political ‘wokeness’, and why we should all become design dissenters.
Feminist Findings
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Financing Feminism Through Beads and Brioche
In the late 70s in Paris, an underground salon disguised itself as a tearoom to smuggle subversive ideas.
Voices
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Soul Consuming
Researcher and designer Ann Kern talks about the difficulties of 2020, the toll of doing political design projects, and how she learned to say “No.”
Feminist Findings
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Every One Page
A poem honoring the person who scanned all 27 issues of Heresies magazine.
Feminist Findings
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Finding Serendipity
Starting a feminist history of Swiss graphic design by calling up a neighbor.
Voices
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Emotional Labor, Support Structures, and the Walls in the Way
A conversation with (some members of) the Decolonising Design group.
Feminist Findings
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Is It Sexy or Satire?
How a British publishing empire capitalized on the women’s movement in the late 60s.
Voices
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A Bridge Between Many Worlds
Industrial designer Iskander Guetta talks about learning from Marrakech, Bangalore, and beyond.
Feminist Findings
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A Many-Headed Monster
Comparing the oppression and empowerment of Asian American women in magazine Gidra and movie Crazy Rich Asians.
Task Force
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Diversity Issues
Teachers and students voice their grievances around discrimination in Swiss design schools.
