How Art Can Be Thought: A Handbook for Change (Front Cover)

All of these pieces are significant to design history because they all deal with social and political discourse. 

In How Art Can Be Thought, Allan deSouza investigates questions such as how we judge if art is good and if it is used for social good. Using popular terminology through which art is discussed and valued, deSouza outlines how art functions as politicized culture within a global industry and the training of artists. He provides an analytical approach to some of the most common terms used to discuss art while focusing on their current and changing usage. It challenges dominant visual languages and expands what graphic design is allowed to be.