Hyper Formalism

There is no new. There is no old. There is no outside. There is only inside. There is no “beyond” to reach. There is only the heavily burdened now and the full immersion in its richness, messiness, complexity and chaos. What should a graphic designer working in this context be? A form maker Intensely visually, culturally, and technologically literate Involved in global and local culture at multiple scales/levels of engagement An avid and critical consumer of all media and sources of information A participant in online/social media content generation Immersed in a broad range of styles expressed in a broad range of media An avid and critical consumer of all media and sources of information A participant in online/social media content generation Immersed in a broad range of styles expressed in a broad range of media Willing to investigate and negotiate cultural/ideological atness and other forms of shifting/emerging cultural hierarchy Skilled with traditional, contemporary and emerging form-making techniques and technologies Simultaneously synthetic and the authentic A shape-shifter…

here is no new. There is no old. There is no outside. There is only inside. There is no “beyond” to reach. There is only the heavily burdened now and the full immersion in its richness, messiness, complexity and chaos. What should a graphic designer working in this context be? A form maker Intensely visually, culturally, and technologically literate Involved in global and local culture at multiple scales/levels of engagement An avid and critical consumer of all media and sources of information A participant in online/social media content generation Immersed in a broad range of styles expressed in a broad range of media An avid and critical consumer of all media and sources of information A participant in online/social media content generation Immersed in a broad range of styles expressed in a broad range of media Willing to investigate and negotiate cultural/ideological atness and other forms of shifting/emerging cultural hierarchy Skilled with traditional, contemporary and emerging form-making techniques and technologies Simultaneously synthetic and the authentic A shape-shifter…

here is no new. There is no old. There is no outside. There is only inside. There is no “beyond” to reach.

There is only the heavily burdened now and the full immersion in its richness, messiness, complexity and chaos. What should a graphic designer working in this context be? A form maker Intensely visually, culturally, and technologically literate Involved in global and local culture at multiple scales/levels of engagement An avid and critical consumer of all media and sources of information

A participant in online/social media content generation Immersed in a broad range of styles expressed in a broad range of media An avid and critical consumer of all media and sources of information A participant in online/social media content generation Immersed in a broad range of styles expressed in a broad range of media Willing to investigate and negotiate cultural/ideological atness and other forms of shifting/emerging cultural hierarchy Skilled with traditional, contemporary and emerging form-making techniques and technologies Simultaneously synthetic and the authentic A shape-shifter…