Communication design and the age of abundance

Authors

  • Tomás Garcia Ferrari University of Waikato

Keywords:

Communication Design, Abundance, Scarcity.

Abstract

Design does not happen in a vacuum. Designers work with external material and in the context of our diverse and globalized culture. In times that are now gone, these sources where very limited. Nowadays – in the global village of digital communication – there are a super-abundance of resources disposable at the click of a mouse. Everyone’seyes are constantly flooded with a waterfall of visual material of the most diverse origin and quality. Design students and professionals, having this vast reservoir of resources, are living in the age of abundance. Is this making them any better?

Published

2014-04-02

Issue

Section

Artigos