The National Grid
A monthly column from The National Grid, a graphic design journal based in Aotearoa, that considers design as being first and foremost for-and-about culture and society.
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The messy history of design manifestos and values
As a newly professionalised field, graphic design, was defining itself as a key economic contributor, a manifesto ignited a moral discussion on its role in society. -
Design friction: Paste-ups, automation, and meaning
Digital platforms produce fast, market-driven design. Can slower, obsolete processes restore meaning through labor? -
A.I. creep and design's understated facilitation
Matthew Galloway reflects on how designed systems frame our participation in the world and facilitate new norms. -
For-and-about: The National Grid’s school years
Luke Wood, original co-founder of the revived graphic design journal, traces the publication’s evolution from a historical anomaly – the graphic design department at Ilam late last century.
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