Author Archives: Felipe Urquijo

Image overuse

For the purpose of justifying this thought, the following post is largely referred to with Régis Debray’s Vie et mort de l’image (Life and death of Image, 1995) in mind. Images have always had an intrinsic, underlying and unconscious input … Continue reading

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Might electronics lead us to a sensory advertising world?

During 1861, William Morris, Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Charles Faulkner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, P. P. Marshall, and Philip Webb funded an enterprise called Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. These craftsmen aimed to design aesthetically quality objects and get closely … Continue reading

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Empowering our senses

Three hundred years ago, technology created a deeply entrenched division between artists and artisans* in order to systematise the industrial production massively. Nowadays, technology draws artists and artisans back in order to portray their ideas effectively, have more control of … Continue reading

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The graphic designers’ gesture

Graphic design (GD) should not allow technology to change its practice but it does. Consequently, Graphic designers must assume an open-minded posture towards technology without losing their main strength: their artistic expression.  The artistic expression consists of a relationship between … Continue reading

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