Producing Knowledge with Billboards
Graphic Design and Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12922186 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Ross (0000-0001-5244-3055, University of the Arts London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 299-321 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Design and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-7075 • E-ISSN: 1754-7083 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17547075.2018.1515342 |
| OpenAlex | W2903484737 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article contributes to recent debates regarding graphic design and research – in this journal and elsewhere – by reflecting on my own project, which may or may not be considered research. London is Changing was staged online and on large-scale networked digital billboards in Central London during 2015. It engaged the participation of more than 5,000 Londoners in a discussion about the future of the city. Reflecting on the significance and outcomes of London is Changing, and in particular why it is so difficult to frame as research, provides the basis for a broader reconsideration of the definition and valuation of graphic design research. One key issue is whether or not it is productive for those involved in graphic design, a discipline that is arguably defined by its experimental approach to publishing, to focus on conventional or externally prescribed forms of scholarly publishing in an attempt to strengthen its position as a field of research. I conclude by arguing that graphic design’s potential contribution to the wider scholarship in the context of mounting pressures on all academic fields to demonstrate “impact” is rooted precisely in the integrated approach that it takes in the production, form, and circulation of knowledge
Business · Context (archaeology · Engineering ethics · Field (mathematics · Graphic design · Multimedia · Political science · Public relations · Publishing · Scholarship · Sociology · Valuation (finance · Artistic and Creative Research · Computer Science · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Design Education and Practice · Engineering · History · Law
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Designerly Ways of Knowing
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Kill All Normies
The Impact and Future of Arts and Humanities Research
A Case for the Sublime Uselessness of Graphic Design
Kokoro of Design
Introduction
Question the Classroom
Tenure and Design Research
Changes in Design Criticism
From Art to Business (and Back)
The Triple Helix and New Production of Knowledge
Neoliberal competition in higher education today
Producing place atmospheres digitally
Understanding media
Rethinking Design Thinking
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |