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Thoughts, case studies, book reviews, debates and tips of interest for Education, written by prominent authors and carefully edited by FOROALFA.

Main illustration of the article The citizen designer
Fernando Rodríguez Álvarez The citizen designer
In the dark days that live Mexico, emerges a discussion about how designers get involved with social conflicts.
Main illustration of the article Green Models in Classroom
Camilo A. Angulo Green Models in Classroom
Design teachers must spread pedagogical processes for a green world to reduce the impact of our academic exercises on the local environment.
Main illustration of the article Graphic design's carbon footprint
Fernando Navia Meyer Graphic design's carbon footprint
Carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse effect gases, bound to a product or service.
Main illustration of the article Some ideas are too big
Fernando Del Vecchio Some ideas are too big
We all have ideas. Some have great ideas. What is the difference between an idea and a big idea?
Main illustration of the article A passion for design
Fernando Del Vecchio A passion for design
Who doesn't want to feel passion for what he or she likes, and loves?
Main illustration of the article Social design cases
Jorge Luis Muñoz Social design cases
Social design as a part of graphic design is not only a matter of concepts; it is fundamentally awareness on what is designed and what is done.
Main illustration of the article I am designer anthropologist
Sebastian Guerrini I am designer anthropologist
My job, to design brands for clients who have an international projection, led me to do a different activity from the one of the traditional designer.
Main illustration of the article Instagram: Rage for Ubiquitous Image
Greta Sánchez Instagram: Rage for Ubiquitous Image
The most succesful image social network, beyond predjudices about it triviality, is also a tool that can be used in marketing, visual education and ethnograpic research.
Main illustration of the article When Conviction Gets in the Way
Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero When Conviction Gets in the Way
Not all pathways lead us to the same design, nor we all have to design through the same pathway.
Main illustration of the article Being a new rockstar of design
Hector Bruguera Being a new rockstar of design
Can future designers create a sustainable personal image on any scenario that the market might present?
Main illustration of the article And where are the opportunities?
Fernando Del Vecchio And where are the opportunities?
Somebody has a problem and somebody has the answer to that problem, but... ¿How can we do to meet this couple?
Main illustration of the article Planned Obsolescence
David Gallo Planned Obsolescence
Design should no longer respond to market interests anymore, but to the human needs that as a global community we have created as time goes by.
Main illustration of the article Invisible Design
Pau De Riba Invisible Design
After the “premium” stage where design acts as quality mark, good design should become a “commodity”, a component of the welfare society we take for granted.
Main illustration of the article Design and intelligence development
Martha Gutiérrez Miranda Design and intelligence development
Human beings are born with several potentialities marked by genetics; nevertheless, today we know that we can develop some others through certain stimulus, like design.
Main illustration of the article Realities and Conventions
Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero Realities and Conventions
Even though we refuse to accept it, there is indeed life in other brains: the culture of scorn harms us designers.

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