Results within topic “ethics”

The Resistance: Designers and Clients Go Head-to-Head

If all is fair in love and war, then who wins when designers and clients struggle for power? FitzGerald devises a strategy for conflict resolution—on and off the battlefield.

professional development  ethics 

How is AIGA active in the global design economy?

Executive director Richard Grefé reports on AIGA’s participation in Icograda and recent activities in China.

international  Icograda  ethics  sustainability 

What is AIGA’s response to the NEA’s call for logos?

Executive director Richard Grefé shares AIGA’s letter responding to the NEA’s RFP for a new Art Works logo.

advocacy  current affairs  ethics 

Publishing in the Age of Digital Piracy

What’s a publisher to do when copyright violators run amok online? Crawford ponders the value of e-books and how to stop renegades bearing scanners.

copyright  education  media  personal essay  ethics 

Exploiting Stereotypes: When Bad Is Not Good

Is the current Art Directors Club call for entries a bad idea? Heller examines what happens when, given a sensitive racial theme, design irony isn’t funny, but alienating.

branding/identity  ethics 

What is AIGA's position on spec work? And how are ethical standards determined?

Spec work is a perennial issue for designers, and AIGA has long held a position against it. Richard Grefé explains why.

copyright  ethics 

Design Business and Ethics

studio management  software  copyright  photography  contracts  studio issues  typography  ethics 

In Search of Ethics in Graphic Design

Paul Nini goes searching for ethics in design and finds an audience in need of more than just a message.

professional development  ethics 

Research Lite: Design Research Made Easy (If Not Accurate)

When research duty calls, do you head to the library or your “trusty” friend Google? Designer and educator Beckett puts even her own methods into question.

user research/usability  criticism  ethics