Results within topic “consumerism”

Naming Names for Fun and Profit

What is it about some brands that makes people want to be their walking billboards? Caplan reflects on the lure of logos and labels.

branding/identity  consumerism 

Design policy advocacy

social responsibility  international  consumerism  advocacy  current affairs  environment  information design 

Where Value Lies

If celebrity can put an ice cream shop on the map and fetch six figures for a typewriter, Caplan wonders what influence designers have in creating desirability.

branding/identity  consumerism  personal essay  graphic design 

David Butler

social responsibility  professional issues  consumerism  conference  events 

When the Future Was Young, and Cars Could Fly: An Interview with Brett Snyder

Will the American car rise again? Barringer revisits Detroit’s styling designers of the last century.

consumerism  illustration  industrial design 

Carnage for Kids

What do you do when graphic design gets too graphic? Barringer covers his kids' eyes and riffs on the perils of picking out movies at Blockbuster.

package design  consumerism  posters 

Fashion iCon: My Brief Interview with Steven Jobs

If you could ask the Apple visionary just one question, what would it be? Probably not what’s on Heller’s mind.

consumerism  lifestyle 

X for All or Nothing

What does X stand for? According to Barringer’s exhaustive explication, there’s very little that the 24th letter does not represent.

consumerism  typography 

Mobile Computing in High-End Retail

This case study focuses on the increasing popularity of mobile computing in the fashion retail industry, the challenges emerging pertaining to usability, system tailoring, and enhancing the manager-client user experience.

experience design  user research/usability  consumerism  lifestyle