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Lecture by Ruben Pater at Parsons School of Design

8 april 2022, Online

  • Free, online lecture with Ruben Pater about his book CAPS LOCK
  • Part of the Spring Lecture Series at Parsons School of Design

What: Lecture 
When: Friday, 8 April 2022⁣, 3–4 pm EST / 9–10 pm CET⁣
With: Ruben Pater
Organised by: Parsons School of Design
Where: Online, click here to join
Language: English
Entry: Free

Ruben Pater (1977, NL) was educated as a graphic designer, worked in several design studios, also independently, and as an educator (e.g. MA Royal Academy of Art, The Hague). With Untold Stories Pater makes critical work on the edge of graphic design, journalism and activism.


CAPS LOCK⁣
Capitalism could not exist without the coins, notes, documents, graphics, interfaces, branding and advertisements; artefacts that have been (partly) created by graphic designers. Even anti-consumerist strategies such as social design and speculative design are being appropriated within capitalist societies to serve economic growth. It seems that design is locked in a system of exploitation and profit, a cycle that fosters inequality and the depletion of natural resources.⁣

CAPS LOCK uses clear language and striking visual examples to show how graphic design and capitalism are inextricably linked. The book contains many case studies of designed objects related to capitalist societies and cultures, and also examines how the education and professional practice of (graphic) designers supports the market economy and how design practice is caught within that very system.

⁣Poster by Fisk Projects