Kristian BjornardTowards A New Design CommonsEllen Lupton said of her book Thinking with Type that it was a book for everyone because everyone deserves good typography. I think that…Jun 14Jun 14
Kristian BjornardRe-thinking Plastics: Towards a Recycular EconomyMusings on design within the circular economy Feb 5Feb 5
Kristian BjornardFrom Indesign to Pure ContentThe following essay is from a series of writings I turned into a lecture in 2014. From 2011–2014 my work colleagues and I explored a bunch…Mar 2, 2023Mar 2, 2023
Kristian BjornardLibreDesign: TeX/MetaFont DetourThe foundation of Free/Libre Open Source is connected to the greater domain of printing and Graphic Design. A particularly interesting one…Jul 16, 2022Jul 16, 2022
Kristian BjornardThe Libre DesignerTowards an understanding of Free/Libre Open Source as Graphic Designers… Thoughts on freeing the practice of design… ?Jul 16, 2022Jul 16, 2022
Kristian BjornardinUX CollectiveWhat is Sustainable Graphic Design?I’m attempting to curate a space where visual designing and sustainability overlap meaningfully. I’ll walk us through some theories and a…Nov 16, 20214Nov 16, 20214
Kristian Bjornard020210716215043 Ideas: What is a Sustainabilitist?I want to be better? but what does this mean? how does one do this?Jul 23, 2021Jul 23, 2021
Kristian BjornardThe Triple Bottom Line as Design Effectiveness Judge?I am going to find random things in my are.na sustainability and design channels, things that can work like prompts. I’ll then write…Jun 8, 2021Jun 8, 2021
Kristian BjornardBauErden — Build Earth!The ultimate aim of design must be restoring harmony in the carbon cycle. No longer can we produce meaningless prints, tchotchkes…Nov 13, 20191Nov 13, 20191
Kristian BjornardA Teaching PhilosophyTeaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn. The real teacher, in fact, lets nothing…Oct 31, 20171Oct 31, 20171