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AIGA Eye on Design
curated by
Briar Levit
This collection exists to gather as much content from the now defunct, AIGA Eye on Design website as folks can. On 6/27/24, the AIGA announced they would migrate the 100 most-accessed articles and the rest could be found on the Wayback Machine. As this is not an equitable or secure method for archiving what has been some of the most diverse and exciting writing to come from the USA (and further afield), I have created this space to preserve articles.
Until we hear further updates about the site, I and others have decided to continue archiving content.
Check back for updates!
Can Design be Genderless?
Behind the Making of the “Feminist Whole Earth Catalog”
The Revolution Will Be Archived
Fat, Feminism + Beating the Fear of Freelancing
How Feminist Movements Co-opt Graphic Design to Express Themselves
An Instagram Account for Feminist Design Teaching Resources, A New Catalog On Two Legendary CalArts Programs + More
AIGA Eye on Design | How Can Designers Address Power Inequity? Start Small and Focus on the Local
Celebrating the African-American Practitioners Absent From Way Too Many Classroom Lectures
In the Late ’70s in the Bronx, PHASE 2’s Party Flyers Created a Visual Language for Hip-Hop
The Secret, Subversive + Revolutionary Language of the East African Kanga
The Best Design Books of 2021
Graphic Means Documentary Recalls the Days When Design was Made by Hand
Designer, Educator, and Filmmaker Briar Levit on Uncovering Untold Stories From Design History
“Designer, Educator + Publisher Kathleen Sleboda on Online Archives as Plural Narratives” by Ksenya Samarskaya for AIGA Eye on Design, March 18, 2021
“Decolonizing Means Many Things to Many People”—Four Practitioners Discuss Decolonizing Design
What Leading Designers, Educators, and Writers Want to See in 2021
Handwriting is dying. What does that mean for design?3
The History Books Often Overlook Women in Design. A New One Seeks to Finally Give Them Their Due
The People's Graphic Design Archive is Rethinking How We Talk about Design History
AIGA Eye on Design “about” page
Typeface Homage to the City That Provided a Safe Haven After Chornobyl
Do Graphic Designers Make Good Graphic Design Curators?
Designer + Educator J. Dakota Brown Is Untangling the Relationship Between Design and Labor
Design’s Role in Activism Can Go Deeper Than Posters and T-Shirts
Design Finally Has a Solution to the Global Financial Crisis: More Design Thinking
Design Criticism Is Everywhere—Why Are We Still Looking For It?2
Can We Teach Graphic Design History Without Chronology?
Can We Design a More Perfect Design Union?
As the Design Industry Moves More Toward Specialization, Education Follows Suit
Why Can’t the U.S. Decolonize Its Design Education?
The Secret, Subversive + Revolutionary Language of the East African Kanga
AI Has a Real Environmental Impact—Here’s How Designers Are Handling It
We Need Graphic Design Histories That Look Beyond the Profession
Affordability, Transparency + Flexibility: Southland Institute Offers an Alternative Model for Design
Can We Teach Graphic Design History Without Chronology?
Can We Teach Graphic Design History Without the Cult of Hero Worship?
Ed Fella's Flyers Blur the Lines Between Design and Art - by Rick Poynor
Designers, Please Pay Your Interns
Type Designers Are All About the Details, So Why Are They Selling Fonts That Aren't Finished_ _ _ Eye on Design4
Design History 101: What You (Still) Don't Know About Psycho
