Dietmar R. Winkler

Design Theory + Criticism

On Design Research

By Jorge Frascara and Dietmar R. Winkler   From Design Research Quarterly Volume 3, Number 3 July 2008 Design Research Society ISSN 1752-8445 Peter K. Storkerson, Editor Editor’s Introduction: Communication design, generally, is an outlier in the larger field of design, by virtue of its non-participation in empirical research and its lack of interest in […]

Visual Culture

Attempts to Streamline World Languages In 1973, Irish (Gaeilge) was accorded “treaty language” status by the European Union with the advantage that the founding treaty was restated in Irish. Irish (Gaeilge) was declared one of the authentic languages with which to correspond with EU institutions. However, despite being the first official language of Ireland, including […]

Helvetica: the film (unedited)

In Visible Language journal, 2010   The King has been dismissed. Long live the Commoner or long live the next king and the next common fad. Most likely, anything useful about “Helvetica,” the film, has been said already. The individual designers who were interviewed during the documentary process framed some of the reasons for its success, […]

Bias

When a teacher is given the opportunity to assess the work of students, who are spending time and energy defining their own philosophical positions, I consider it only fair, that he is asked to provide a statement so that they can recognize in his presentations and critiques his framework of personal bias through which the […]