ONE THING TO TEACH

Denaturalize the tools of graphic design.

"The starting point of these reflections was usually a feeling of
impatience at the sight of the 'naturalness' with which newspapers,
art and common sense constantly dress up a reality which, even
though it is the one we live in, is undoubtedly determined by
history. In short, in the account given of our contemporary
circumstances, I resented seeing Nature and History confused at
every turn, and I wanted to track down, in the decorative display of
what-goes-without-saying, the ideological abuse which, in my
view, is hidden there." 

- R.B., 1957 PREFACE TO {{ :roland-barthes-mythologies.pdf|**MYTHOLOGIES**}}


THREE POSSIBLE STRATEGIES

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**1. Creating a Space**

- Graphic Designer's Thinkbelt

- Mobile, accessible, analog, communal, open resource & tools, facilitating (inviting, flatten hierarchy).


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**2. Managing an Archive Website**

- Resource for documentation.

- Resource for upcoming events.

- Resources for experimenting.

- Digitally accessible. Expanding yet permanent. Managed.


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**3. Equipping of Tools**

- Thumbdrive Exchange (Adobe CS666)

- Share of Resources. Tools to share. Information is Free, Marshall McLuhan. Push Back.


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**RESOURCES**

{{ :cedric_price_-_thinkbelt.pdf|Cedric Price on The Potteries Thinkbelt}}

[[http://designinquiry.net/projects/detroit/|DesignInquiry: DesignCities]]


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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTno8D-b2E|{{:cuba_s_internet_without_the_internet.jpg?direct}}]]

[[https://www.moma.org/collection/works/849|{{:potteries_thinkbelt_2.jpg?direct|External Link}}]]