{"product_id":"who-can-afford-to-be-critical","title":"Who Can Afford to Be Critical?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBy Afonso Matos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn inquiry into what we can’t do alone, as designers, and into what we might be able to do together, as people\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Critical Designers\" produced by an increasing number of design schools are prompted to address social, political and environmental issues through their practices. Yet, who can afford to continue such effort after graduation?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a dynamic style holding multiple voices, \u003cem\u003eWho Can Afford To Be Critical?\u003c\/em\u003e discusses the limits that affordability, class and labor impose upon the educational promise of holding a ‘critical’ practice. Why do we tend to ignore the material and socioeconomic constraints that bind us as designers, claiming instead that we can be powerful agents of change? In fact, where does our agency lie?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInstead of focusing on the dream of ethical work under capitalism, could we, instead, focus first on designers’ own working conditions, targeting them as one immediate site for collective action? And can we engage politically with the world not necessarily as designers, but as workers, as activists, as citizens?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from J. Dakota Brown, Silvio Lorusso, Marianela D'Aprile, Jack Henrie Fisher, Alan Smart, Greg Mihalko, and Danielle Aubert\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Afonso Matos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Set Margins, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 92 pages, 25 duotone images, 5.82 × 8.26 inches\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter is printed in a different PMS color\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-90-832706-3-0\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67830519496858,"sku":"ufc1792048515229","price":12.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/6051\/8810\/files\/who-can-afford-to-be-critical_1.jpg?v=1792048522","url":"https:\/\/eyeletcutwear.shop\/products\/who-can-afford-to-be-critical","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}