Jarrett Fuller, Author, Graphic Designers After Graphic Design

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In this episode of Design Notes, host I sit down with Jarrett Fuller—a multidisciplinary designer, educator, writer, and host of the Scratching the Surface podcast. We dug into some of the most fundamental questions surrounding the field today: What is design, how do we do it, and why does it matter?

Drawing from his latest book, Graphic Designers After Graphic Design: Designer as Publisher / Researcher / Change Maker / Performer / Artist, Jarrett looks at the evolving journeys of contemporary practitioners who have given the discipline a richer, more expansive horizon. The conversation explores how modern designers are stepping outside traditional commercial silos to operate as cultural producers, authors, and instigators.

Jarrett's Website: jarrettfuller.comPodcast: Scratching the Surface

(01:06) - Welcome & collaborating across projects

(02:20) - Jarrett’s background: From commercial practice to cultural practice

(05:21) - Design as a discipline vs. design as a profession

(10:55) - The root of design's existential anxiety and invisibility

(16:07) - The trap of systematizing design into engineering

(18:22) - Where is the critical discourse in design?

(23:01) - Why is graphic design always "dying"?

(28:04) - Graphic Designers After Graphic Design and pluralistic models of practice