TOM JOYES

uncertainmedia.com

Design on Demand

He attended Glasgow School of Art

-Black Mirror
-Dunne & Raby
-Critical Mass Network
-Alan Warburton
-Brass Eye

CRUCIAL EXPLICIT PROTEST

FOOTPRINT

facebook/footprinters

@footprintleeds

Workers coop, they work when they want and pay each other equal wages, they have a utilitarian mindset. They are al equal. 

footprint started in 2000, inherited a print press

risographs is the machine that is like digital screen print. 

ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN GRAPHIC DESIGN

SEMINAR: OUGD505

• Do you think ethics is important in graphic design? Why?

-inputs peoples decisions and actions on the world.

-could hold peoples use of materials back as it may have unethical properties.

-it creates decisions that you have to make in terms of who you work for even if you like their work they may not follow the same morals as you.

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• What defines 'good' in graphic design

• what does ethical practice entail in graphic design- what principles?

Stephen Heller - 2003
'good design is good citizenship.'
'a designer must be professionally, culturally and socially responsible'

Katherine McCoy- 2003

'Remove our freedom of speech and graphic designers might never notice'

AC Grayling 
'even if you dont personally agree with your clients message, if the message is a legitimate one, do you take a stand based on a standbased on your own personal morality'

-Being a good citizen
-Who to work for
-Influence and persuasion
-Aesthetics and ethics
-Value and purpose

3 principles of ethical practice that you would like to adopt 

- Don't choose work that you dont agree with the message
- choose materials from resources that you agree are ethical
- do what makes you happy


Types of Sustainability
-social
-environmental
-economic

How does sustainability relate to ethics?

Ethics precedes sustainability
It's more beneficial in the long term
They are both about being a good citizen
More mindful if you are thinking of sustainability 

respect and care for the community
improve the quality of life
conserve earths vitality and diversity
minimise the depletion of nonrenewable resources
change personal attitudes and practices to keep with the planets carrying capacity

conscious design decisions:
design for re-use/longevity
design cyclically, not linearly
choose recycled/nontoxic materials
minimise waste
minimise ink coverage
choose vendors that use renewable energy
educate consumers about the lifestyle issues
encourage others to design sustainably

Sustainable Organisations:
Creative Concern, Manchester
Footprint, Leeds
Cast Iron Design, Boulder, USA
Re-Nourish

MICRO GENRES OF MUSIC

BASSLINE

Bassline is a type of music related to UK garage that originated in Sheffield in the early 2000's. It's style uses a 4x4 beat at around 135- 142 bpm. It has a strong bass and pop music aesthetic. 

In the early days the night club Niche was prominent in the scene and was subject to contaversy due to a police raid wich resulted in the clubs closure in 2005. The club reopened in 2009, only to be closed down a year later, and then reopened a third time in 2017. Like grime, which was developing concurrently in London, bassline was associated with violence, anti-social behaviour and criminal activity during the time of its rise to popularity,which contributed to a general lack of willingness among venue owners and the police to accommodate bassline events.

Early bassline shares more similarities with its predecessor speed garage than the style that began to emerge in the latter half of the decade, with many people still referring to bassline house releases from the early 2000s as speed garage. This early style grew from the sound that was pushed in nightclubs in the North and the Midlands during the late 90s that played speed garage mixed with melodic vocal house.

Like dubstep and grime, bassline generally places a strong emphasis on bass, with intricate basslines (often multiple and interweaving) being characteristic of the genre. Bassline tracks use a four-to-the-floor beat. The music is often purely instrumental, but vocal techniques common in other styles of garage can also be present, such as female R&B vocals sped up to match the faster tempo, and also samples of vocals from grime tracks.

The genre has never fully had a home due to its associations with violence, but in the last few years it has become very popular through social media sites like facebook, the facebook group lengoland has gathered thousands of followers from starting out as a small platform for producers and fans of the music to share and discover songs. Streaming sites like Soundcloud have also been a great booster to baseline's popularity as small producer who don't play their music in clubs can get themselves heard. Unlike any other music genre baseline seems to have found a completely digital home. 



https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/29/urban

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/nnyjpw/the-rise-and-fall-of-bassline

http://www.thegryphon.co.uk/2017/03/11/lengoland-how-the-internet-saved-bassline/

https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/bassline-still-vital-in-2017-jamie-duggan