Trends & Identity

Herbstsemester 2021: Design und Klasse
Jetzt – Gespräche über Identitäten, die neue Veranstaltungsreihe von Trends & Identity, beschäftigt sich mit Klassismus und fragt, wie die soziale Herkunft die Auffassung von Design prägt, wann und wo Klasse in Erscheinung tritt und wer eigentlich für wen gestaltet.

Mittwoch, 3. November 2021, 17 Uhr
Ruben Pater in Conversation with Judith Mair.

Ruben Pater talks about political aspects of design, talks to Judith Mair about class and gives us an insight into his latest book project.

Ruben Pater (1977, NL) works between journalism and graphic design. Under the name Untold Stories, Pater creates visual narratives that support solidarity, justice, and equality. Pater finds himself being a designer at a time when design is last thing the world needs. Until more ethical approaches present themselves, he designs, writes, and teaches. He is a tutor at the BA Graphic Design, and the MA Non Linear Narrative at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. The Politics of Design (BIS, 2016), is his first book about cultural bias in graphic design. His second book CAPS LOCK (Valiz, 2021) retraces the role of graphic design in capitalism. Pater is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. http://www.untold-stories.net