This year has seen the decline and end in movements and micro-movements in the world of graphic design, digital design and, I guess, to some extent, also in the first world in general. The promises of the modern (digital/visual) craftsmanship movement that sprung out of the hazy DIY fog that was 2011 ended up in nothing but Hipster Branding, fixed gear bikes and eccentric mustache Tumblr feeds in 2012. The aesthetic became a parody of itself in all its perfection and left thousands of creatives thinking… what happens AFTER this? What is the next step?
I learned the history of
Mexico by looking at murals. Mexican Muralism was, in addition to an artistic,
political, and social movement, an educational revolution. Murals became a
popular teaching method in public places where all people, regardless of their
race or social class, had access to them.