Lecture
CloseJack Self: What is design?
Paul Rand Lecture Series in Graphic Design
Tue, Apr 19, 2022, 4:15 – 5:45 PM ET
Jack Self will be delivering a virtual talk on Tuesday afternoon, open to the School of Art community.
In the sixth and final Paul Rand Lecture of the Spring 2022 semester in Graphic Design, London-based architect Jack Self shares the structures that make up his interdisciplinary practices in curation, exhibition design, spatial strategy, brand consultancy, communications, publishing, editing, writing and creative direction.
The Director of REAL and Editor-in-Chief of Real Review, Self's work is dedicated to promoting democracy, inclusivity and equalities of many kinds. Over the last decade, Jack has built expertise in: domestic design and housing; the history of communitarian life; new environmental standards and the circular economy; and alternative models of finance and ownership (Jack coined the phrase "form follows finance").
His work has been shown widely, including at the Maxxi in Rome, Tate Britain, ICA and Design Museum. Self's writing has appeared in The Guardian, eflux, 032c, Financial Times, the BBC and CNN. His first book "Real Estates: Life Without Debt" (2014) is now in its third printing. His other books include "Home Economics: New Models of Domestic Life" (2016), "Mies in London" (2018), "Symbolic Exchange" (2017) and "Kommunen in der Neuen Welt: Utopian Communes in America 1740-1972" (2021).
Learn more about the artist on his website >
This talk was hosted as part of the Spring 2022 Visiting Artist Lectures in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. Introduction by Julian Bittiner, Spring 2022 Acting Co-Director of Graduate Studies in Graphic Design. Poster design by Lester Rosso, Graphic Design MFA '23. Video editing by Emily Barresi, Photography MFA '22.
The Paul Rand Lecture Series in Graphic Design is made possible through the generosity of the Paul Rand (’85 M.A.H.) Annual Lectureship in Design Fund.
